Politics

Republican Senators: You Lie Republican Senators: You Lie

Republican Senators come out against the Obama administration's handling if the Underwear bomber, yet, they are "wrong, wrong, wrong."

Feb 4, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

Protests in Iran Protests in Iran

A week after the contested June 2009 presidential election, the image of blood covering the face of 27-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan dead in a street in Tehran became the symbol of the...

Feb 4, 2010 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

Antonin Scalia

Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia

Who is the purest archetype of the conservative legal movement, Antonin Scalia or John Roberts?

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Video: How to Get Our Democracy Back Video: How to Get Our Democracy Back

Find out Professor Lawrence Lessig's solutions and ideas for how to fix Congress in this video companion to his cover story, "How to Get Democracy Back."

Feb 3, 2010 / Video / The Nation Video

How to Get Our Democracy Back How to Get Our Democracy Back

There will be no change until we change Congress.

Feb 3, 2010 / Feature / Lawrence Lessig

New Effort Calls on Obama & GOP to Re-Up on Question Sessions New Effort Calls on Obama & GOP to Re-Up on Question Sessions

President Obama has labored to unite different political factions with policy compromises and conciliatory speeches. But it was Obama's incisive grappling at the Republican retrea...

Feb 3, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber

Noting Setbacks, Plouffe Returns in New Obama Video Noting Setbacks, Plouffe Returns in New Obama Video

David Plouffe, the Obama campaign manager who was recently tapped for an "expanded role" advising the White House, just cut a video briefing Obama supporters on plans for...

Feb 2, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber

Free Speech for People Free Speech for People

My colleague and friend John Nichols' new post appropriately lauds Rep. Donna Edwards' proposed legislation to redress the damage done by the Supreme Court in its decision in the ...

Feb 2, 2010 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment

Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards turned to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis for guidance in framing the Constitutional amendment she proposed Tuesday as the right and neces...

Feb 2, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols

The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies

When I first saw this spot on TV, I thought, uh-oh, (another) final nail in the coffin of healthcare reform. The bow tie, the Captain Ahab beard, the one eyebrow preaching from h...

Feb 2, 2010 / The Notion / Leslie Savan

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