This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How Not to Make a Dust Bowl Worse This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How Not to Make a Dust Bowl Worse
The current drought in the Southwest bears echoes of the 1930s, when Nation writers and illustrators evoked what it was like to have “nice hot dust in your nose, eyes, and th...
Jul 27, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Justice Department Goes After Texas’s Discriminatory Voting Laws Justice Department Goes After Texas’s Discriminatory Voting Laws
The federal government announced it would ask a federal court in Texas to subject the state to a pre-clearance regime whenever the tries to change voting laws and practices.
Jul 26, 2013 / Blog / Chris Hayes
North Carolina Passes the Country’s Worst Voter Suppression Law North Carolina Passes the Country’s Worst Voter Suppression Law
Move aside Florida, North Carolina is now the new poster child for the war on voting.
Jul 26, 2013 / Blog / Ari Berman
This Week in Poverty: Food Policy, EITC Expansion and Financial Security for All This Week in Poverty: Food Policy, EITC Expansion and Financial Security for All
Antipoverty news items from around the country.
Jul 26, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Darrell Issa’s Got a Plan to Put the Postal Service in a Death Spiral Darrell Issa’s Got a Plan to Put the Postal Service in a Death Spiral
“If it is enacted, this bill will lead to the demise of the Postal Service,” says postal workers union.
Jul 26, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Congressman Adam Schiff’s Plan to Rein In Out-of-Control Secret FISC Courts Congressman Adam Schiff’s Plan to Rein In Out-of-Control Secret FISC Courts
A California congressman is drafting legislation that would introduce an adversarial voice to the secret court governing NSA spying.
Jul 25, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
A Blueprint for the GOP’s Attempt to Sabotage Obamacare A Blueprint for the GOP’s Attempt to Sabotage Obamacare
Republican efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act go well beyond political opposition, from spreading lies to threatening a government shutdown.
Jul 25, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Historic Bipartisan Vote Narrowly Fails to Derail NSA Spying Historic Bipartisan Vote Narrowly Fails to Derail NSA Spying
On Wednesday, one of the most bipartisan votes of the Obama era took place—and it’s important to note why.
Jul 25, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
No More Second Chances for Larry Summers No More Second Chances for Larry Summers
As the chances of Larry Summers being named Obama’s next chairman of the Federal Reserve increase, the media needs to question his previous statements—and women need to...
Jul 24, 2013 / Blog / William Greider
In Defense of Carlos Danger In Defense of Carlos Danger
Anthony Weiner is a weasel, a liar, a moron and a ridiculous egomaniac. It doesn’t take a picture of his junk to prove that.
Jul 24, 2013 / Blog / Richard Kim