Sparks Fly on Spring Street… Sparks Fly on Spring Street…
Eric on altercations with Bill O'Reilly, a chance meeting with The Boss, and the regular alter-reviews. Reed points out the many holes and contradictions in Candidate Romney's fore...
Feb 2, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman
How Scott Walker and ALEC Plotted the Attack on Arizona’s Unions How Scott Walker and ALEC Plotted the Attack on Arizona’s Unions
Wisconsin’s union-busting governor traveled to Arizona and urged conservatives to join him in fighting public-employee unions. Now, the group he addressed is spearheading an ...
Feb 2, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline
The grassroots victory shows that concern for fundamental issues such as health and clean water transcends party politics.
Feb 2, 2012 / Audio / The Nation
From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/2) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/2)
Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.
Feb 2, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It
That Lawrence Summers and Bill Clinton, the president he served as treasury secretary, can still get away with disclaiming responsibility for our financial meltdown is an insult to...
Feb 2, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Conyers to Obama: Go Further on Mortgage Relief Conyers to Obama: Go Further on Mortgage Relief
The president’s plan is good, but some House Democrats want it to go further on principal write-downs.
Feb 2, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
The Deal That Saved Detroit (and Banned Strikes) The Deal That Saved Detroit (and Banned Strikes)
The Deal with Detroit is gold dust for Democrats. Reality is a bit more complicated.
Feb 2, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Romney ‘Not Concerned About the Very Poor’ Romney ‘Not Concerned About the Very Poor’
Mitt Romney admitted that he doesn’t care about poor people. His policies prove it.
Debating the Super Bowl Protests: Is CBS Columnist Gregg Doyel Really Proud to Know Nothing? Debating the Super Bowl Protests: Is CBS Columnist Gregg Doyel Really Proud to Know Nothing?
CBS columnist Gregg Doyel hates the thought of Super Bowl protests. But he doesn’t know why.
Feb 2, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Puppets and Boogeymen Puppets and Boogeymen
In conservative political rhetoric, black people are either one or the other.
Feb 1, 2012 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie