Politics

Hillary Clinton Gets Wiki-Served Hillary Clinton Gets Wiki-Served

Hillary Clinton should confront the unpleasant truths the cables reveal about US foreign policy and her own troubling directive that our diplomats should spy on their foreign colle...

Dec 1, 2010 / Robert Scheer

The Kids Are Alright

The Kids Are Alright The Kids Are Alright

Britain's students take to the streets, determined not to get fooled again.

Dec 1, 2010 / The Notion / Maria Margaronis

Pentagon Confirms: The Only Argument That Remains for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Is Bigotry

Pentagon Confirms: The Only Argument That Remains for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Is Bigotry Pentagon Confirms: The Only Argument That Remains for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Is Bigotry

A DoD study group has determined that repealing the policy will not damage the military.

Dec 1, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

WikiLeaks vs. The Empire WikiLeaks vs. The Empire

Does anyone seriously expect the US government, and its global allies, to permit more revelations to leak out? Defenders of human rights need to be ready to stand up for WikiLeaks.

Nov 30, 2010 / Tom Hayden

Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga: ‘I was a Republican!’ Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga: ‘I was a Republican!’

How did Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga, founder and publisher of the Daily Kos—the largest progressive community blog in the United States—go from a Reagan-l...

Nov 30, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga: ‘I was a Republican!’ Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga: ‘I was a Republican!’

How did Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga, founder and publisher of the Daily Kos—the largest progressive community blog in the United States—go from a Reagan-lov...

Nov 30, 2010 / Video / Brave New Conversations

Nation Conversations: Ari Berman, Tim Egan and Eli Sanders on the Democrats’ Future

Nation Conversations: Ari Berman, Tim Egan and Eli Sanders on the Democrats’ Future Nation Conversations: Ari Berman, Tim Egan and Eli Sanders on the Democrats’ Future

For Berman, Obama's grassroots victory in 2008 built heavily on the fifty-state electoral strategy which Howard Dean pursued as DNC chairman. But in a political climate far differe...

Nov 30, 2010 / Audio / The Nation

The National Security State Cops a Feel The National Security State Cops a Feel

Taking off the gloves (and then everything else).

Nov 30, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account

Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account

Take a protest, toss in hundreds of police officers with riot shields, then block the protesters into an area of open space with no toilets, food or shelter, for hours. If anyone t...

Nov 30, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny

Before Simpson and Bowles Say: ‘Cut Social Security,’ Tell Congress to ‘Strengthen It’! Before Simpson and Bowles Say: ‘Cut Social Security,’ Tell Congress to ‘Strengthen It’!

The co-chairs of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform have a plan to address the nation's deficit and debt challenges by weakening Social Se...

Nov 30, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

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