Politics

Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS

There's speculation that the mayor will try to clear Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is centered. Here's how New York’s labor...

Oct 13, 2011 / John Nichols

Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest

Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest

Tell us what this photo is about!

Oct 13, 2011 / The Nation

Senator Ben Nelson Opens the Secret Money Door Wider Senator Ben Nelson Opens the Secret Money Door Wider

Seemingly innocuous political advertisements running in Nebraska may dramatically change the campaign finance landscape.  

Oct 13, 2011 / George Zornick

If a Republican Were President If a Republican Were President

Obama has failed not because he is a progressive in the mold of Franklin Delano Roosevelt but because he is not. 

Oct 13, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Obama Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Free Trade Obama Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Free Trade

Signing new deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia is bad economics and bad politics.

Oct 13, 2011 / John Nichols

The Kochs and Cancer in a Small Town The Kochs and Cancer in a Small Town

 A new documentary shows how a plant owned by Georgia Pacific has had some disastrous consquences for nearby residents.

Oct 12, 2011 / George Zornick

Creating a Progressive America Creating a Progressive America

In a collaboration between The Nation and On The Earth Productions, progressive luminaries discuss the current state of affairs, the potential for a national escalat...

Oct 12, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Solyndra and Keystone: Not All Environmental Scandals Are Created Equal

Solyndra and Keystone: Not All Environmental Scandals Are Created Equal Solyndra and Keystone: Not All Environmental Scandals Are Created Equal

While right-wingers froth over the Solyndra mess, a scandal with far higher stakes is being swept under the rug.

Oct 12, 2011 / The Editors

Noted. Noted.

Paolo M.C. Cravero on Berlusconi and Amanda Knox, Ala’a Shehabi on medics in Bahrain and Josh Eidelson on revisionist textbooks

Oct 12, 2011 / Various Contributors

Koch Industries’ Plant Pollutes Streams, Poisons Residents

Koch Industries’ Plant Pollutes Streams, Poisons Residents Koch Industries’ Plant Pollutes Streams, Poisons Residents

As the Koch brothers continue their war against environmental regulations, their factories are causing fatal health problems for local residents.

Oct 12, 2011 / Brave New Films

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