Linda McMahon’s Body Count Linda McMahon’s Body Count
Linda McMahon says she is running for the US Senate from Connecticut because she wants to "put people first." Those people clearly don't include the people who made ...
Sep 30, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Hands Off Social Security Hands Off Social Security
A White House deficit commission is reportedly considering deep benefit cuts for Social Security. We can and must address our deficit without punishing America’s workers, se...
Sep 30, 2010 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sex and the GOP Sex and the GOP
The Republican Party is hard-selling its hot Mama Grizzlies. But it's mostly men—not women—who are buying.
Sep 30, 2010 / Feature / Betsy Reed
Democrats: Remember the Ladies! Democrats: Remember the Ladies!
The party's reluctance to capitalize on its feminist successes makes it look scared—and weak.
Sep 30, 2010 / Feature / Rebecca Traister
Is Obama’s Use of State Secrets Privilege the New Normal? Is Obama’s Use of State Secrets Privilege the New Normal?
The Obama administration has invoked the state secrets privilege for the second time in less than a month—this time in an effort to shut down discussion of the targeted kil...
Sep 29, 2010 / Ryan Devereaux
Ari Berman on Obama’s Grassroots Ari Berman on Obama’s Grassroots
"If you look at Obama’s White House," says The Nation's Ari Berman, "it’s very much now a top-down, insider White House, following a very conventional...
Sep 29, 2010 / Ari Berman
Who Stole Feminism? Who Stole Feminism?
By focusing on gender alone, institutional feminists opened the door for the Mama Grizzlies.
Sep 29, 2010 / Feature / Jessica Valenti
Herding Donkeys Herding Donkeys
Grassroots activists and Beltway insiders are fighting for the soul of Obama's Democratic Party.
Sep 29, 2010 / Feature / Ari Berman
Brown Is Back Brown Is Back
At the California governor's debate, Democrat Jerry Brown redeemed his flagging campaign by making a clear and convincing case for his candidacy.
Sep 29, 2010 / Sasha Abramsky
Commentary: John Nichols on the GOP’s Pledge to America Commentary: John Nichols on the GOP’s Pledge to America
The Republicans' "Pledge to America" demands dramatic cuts to the federal budget, cuts that can only come from one place: Social Security.
Sep 29, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV