Proof That Opening Debates to 3rd Parties Matters Proof That Opening Debates to 3rd Parties Matters
Former Nation intern Nick Clegg shakes up British politics with a remarkable performance on national TV.
Apr 16, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Taxes, Spending, or Race? Taxes, Spending, or Race?
What's driving the Tea Partiers to the streets in a rage? It's not money...
Apr 16, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Israel Problem Obama’s Israel Problem
It's time for Obama to confront Netanyahu's intransigence directly.
Apr 16, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah
Judge them by their enemies. More evidence that Barack Obama might be shaping up as a good president is that Norman Podhoretz hates him so much.
Apr 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform
Legal experts say constitutional challenges to the healthcare reform legislation don't have a leg to stand on. But as politics, these suits could be a roaring success.
Apr 16, 2010 / Aziz Huq
What Really Happened to Welfare What Really Happened to Welfare
If there was ever a time for a serious "conspiracy" on behalf of the poor, this is it.
Apr 16, 2010 / Feature / and Barbara Ehrenreich
The Mad Tea Party The Mad Tea Party
How Glenn Beck & Co. trumped up a vast left-wing conspiracy: the "Cloward-Piven strategy."
Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Richard Kim
Noted. Noted.
David Cole on Dawn Johnsen, Greg Kaufmann on Stephen Friedman's windfall profits and Clarissa A. León on Islam Siddiqui, "pesticide pusher"
Apr 15, 2010 / Editorial / David Cole, John Nichols, Greg Kaufmann, and Clarissa A. León
Cracking Big Coal Cracking Big Coal
Environmentalists chalk up wins on the ground, putting coal companies on the defensive.
Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Robert S. Eshelman
License to Kill? License to Kill?
After 9/11, it's less controversial to kill a suspect in cold blood than to hold him in preventive detention.
Apr 15, 2010 / Editorial / David Cole