Politics

Is the Tea Party Falling Apart? Is the Tea Party Falling Apart?

Melissa Harris-Lacewell talks about the key losses for the Tea Party in the Michigan and Missouri primaries.

Aug 5, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Is the Tea Party Falling Apart? Is the Tea Party Falling Apart?

Melissa Harris-Lacewell talks about the key losses for the Tea Party in the Michigan and Missouri primaries.

Aug 5, 2010 / Video / Countdown

The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics

The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics The Right’s New Media Scare Tactics

The right is using the internet and social networking sites to make stuff up about undocumented immigrants. On The Rachel Maddow Show, Melissa Harris-Lacewell asks why the left isn...

Aug 5, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

Antler Attack Ad Launches in Alaska’s ‘Palin Primary’ Antler Attack Ad Launches in Alaska’s ‘Palin Primary’

Sarah Palin gives a shoutout to a combative conservative in Alaska's GOP primary.

Aug 5, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber

The NRA Won’t Call the Shots on Kagan Confirmation The NRA Won’t Call the Shots on Kagan Confirmation

The National Rifle Association is trying to block Elena Kagan's nomination. But it is failing, badly.

Aug 5, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Food Stamps or Teachers? Food Stamps or Teachers?

The fight over Congress's jobs bill has made the GOP's midterm election strategy clear: stubbornly oppose anything and everything that might improve the economy and hope voters b...

Aug 4, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

California Overturns Anti-Gay Prop 8

California Overturns Anti-Gay Prop 8 California Overturns Anti-Gay Prop 8

California's infamous anti-gay Prop 8 has been overturned! In this recent related slideshow, The Nation looks at the status of major gay rights issues including marriage, and the o...

Aug 4, 2010 / The Nation

White House to Obama Activists: Let Them Eat (Birthday) Cake White House to Obama Activists: Let Them Eat (Birthday) Cake

Ask what you can do for your president's birthday.

Aug 4, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber

We’re Hot As Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More

We’re Hot As Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More We’re Hot As Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More

Three steps to establish a politics of global warming.

Aug 4, 2010 / Bill McKibben

Married to the Clinton Mob Married to the Clinton Mob

While Obama is scorned for relying too heavily on Clintonista alums for policy direction, the whitewashing of the Clinton legacy is on in earnest.

Aug 4, 2010 / Robert Scheer

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