Politics

Far-Right Angle? Far-Right Angle?

Washington editor Christopher Hayes on The Rachel Maddow Show discussing the GOP’s zany campaign tactics and attempts to mask Sharron Angle’s absurdly far-right sta...

Jun 15, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV. 

Jun 14, 2010 / Nation in the News / The Nation on Grit TV

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV.  This week: the victories of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whit...

Jun 14, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV

Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace

It is not often that a candidate in a tight US Senate race says something significant about the Middle East peace process—or the lack of a process. Pennsylvania Democrat Joe ...

Jun 14, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

Arkansas’s Incomplete Uprising Arkansas’s Incomplete Uprising

Yes, Blanche Lincoln won her primary. But consider this: a lieutenant governor supported by unions, environmental groups and the netroots came within a few points of defeating...

Jun 14, 2010 / Karen Nussbaum

The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril? The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril?

A progressive moment was supposed to follow Obama's election. Robert Kuttner's A Presidency in Peril asks where it went.

Jun 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

Whose Side Is Bubba On? Whose Side Is Bubba On?

Did Bill Clinton's vigorous campaigning for Blanche Lincoln undermine his stance on climate change?

Jun 14, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Berman

The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem

The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem

Obama's media strategy is catching up with him.

Jun 14, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber

Shill, Baby, Shill

Shill, Baby, Shill Shill, Baby, Shill

How BP’s disarmingly charming ten-year-long ad campaign helped get us into this mess.

Jun 14, 2010 / The Notion / Leslie Savan

Will the Billionaire Girls Club Conquer California? Will the Billionaire Girls Club Conquer California?

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman buys a Republican nomination for governor, while former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina buys the party's nod for US Senate. If you're a California Rep...

Jun 11, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

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