Politics

Huckabee Replaces N-word With ‘Mau-Mau’ Huckabee Replaces N-word With ‘Mau-Mau’

Huckabee seemed folksy and friendly—until he started squawking that President Obama grew up in Kenya.

Mar 7, 2011 / The Notion / Leslie Savan

Mike Huckabee: Wrong on Single Moms Mike Huckabee: Wrong on Single Moms

 If Huckabee is worried about glamorizing teen pregnancy, he need look no farther than his own political party. 

Mar 6, 2011 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry

Tens of Thousands Cheer Michael Moore in Madison: ‘You Have Aroused a Sleeping Giant, Known as the Working People’ Tens of Thousands Cheer Michael Moore in Madison: ‘You Have Aroused a Sleeping Giant, Known as the Working People’

“This movement--we'll call it the ‘Madison Movement’ (after both the town where it was born and the president who wrote our Bill of Rights) is exploding across th...

Mar 5, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Dave Zirin: NFL Owners Want Socialism for Them but Capitalism for Players Dave Zirin: NFL Owners Want Socialism for Them but Capitalism for Players

Will the labor dispute between NFL players and owners lead to a lockout?

Mar 4, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Anti-Life—When It’s a Woman’s Life Anti-Life—When It’s a Woman’s Life

Rep. Joe Pitts has specifically designed a bill to value fetuses over living women.

Mar 4, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner

Judge Orders Protesters to Leave Wisconsin Capitol Judge Orders Protesters to Leave Wisconsin Capitol

John Nichols reports on the situation in Madison and the future of the 14 Senators who left the state to prevent Walker from forcing the bill through the legislature.

Mar 4, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Then They Came for the Pensions Then They Came for the Pensions

Alter-reviews of French movies and some new tunes, Reed explains the secret war on pensions, and the mail.

Mar 4, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

The Breakdown: Do Corporations Deserve ‘Personhood’?

The Breakdown: Do Corporations Deserve ‘Personhood’? The Breakdown: Do Corporations Deserve ‘Personhood’?

The Supreme Court recently ruled in FCC v AT&T that corporations cannot claim a right to personal privacy under the Constitution. Will that decision affect past cases that aff...

Mar 4, 2011 / Audio / Chris Hayes

The Gray-Haired White Guys Deciding Your Reproductive Fate The Gray-Haired White Guys Deciding Your Reproductive Fate

On abortion and birth control, it's old men with red-ish neckties versus poor women of color.

Mar 3, 2011 / The Notion / Sharon Lerner

The GOP’s Campaign to Keep Women at Home The GOP’s Campaign to Keep Women at Home

Under the guise of deficit reduction, Republicans intend to not only nix family planning services but also steer women away from the workforce with compulsory motherhood.

Mar 3, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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