The Real Loser of 2012: White Supremacy The Real Loser of 2012: White Supremacy
In 2012, white supremacy not only lost the election. It was a crucial factor in explaining how Obama won.
Nov 15, 2012 / William Greider
Smart Conservatives to GOP: It’s the Economy, Stupid Smart Conservatives to GOP: It’s the Economy, Stupid
Despite what Republican strategists may say, Marco Rubio and a more moderate immigration policy are not a silver-bullet solution to the GOP’s racial demographic problem. ...
Nov 14, 2012 / Ben Adler
The Noble and the Base: Poland and the Holocaust The Noble and the Base: Poland and the Holocaust
Can the two central images of Poland during World War II—a country of heroes and a country of collaborators—ever be combined?
Nov 14, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Connelly
The GOP’s Cultivated Prejudices The GOP’s Cultivated Prejudices
Republicans’ pandering to white voters—at the exclusion of American minorities—killed their chances in the 2012 election.
Nov 12, 2012 / Chris Hayes
Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
New voting restrictions prove why the Voting Rights Act is as relevant as it ever was.
Nov 12, 2012 / Ari Berman
Aging White Guys: The Real Losers of 2012 Aging White Guys: The Real Losers of 2012
In 2012, white supremacy not only lost the election. It was a crucial factor in explaining how Obama won.
Nov 8, 2012 / William Greider
How the GOP’s War on Voting Backfired How the GOP’s War on Voting Backfired
The backlash to voter suppression laws led to higher turnout among young, black and Hispanic voters.
Nov 8, 2012 / Ari Berman
Obama’s Re-Election Sets Record for Support From Latino Voters Obama’s Re-Election Sets Record for Support From Latino Voters
Even more striking than the overall level of support for Obama is the sky-high margin of Latino voters he got in the Western swing states.
Nov 8, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
A Peculiar Revolt: On Marcus Rediker’s ‘The Amistad Rebellion’ A Peculiar Revolt: On Marcus Rediker’s ‘The Amistad Rebellion’
Public sympathies and political outcomes over the Amistad Africans drifted in opposite directions.
Nov 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Guyatt
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jesse Jackson Talk Politics, Religion and the Presidential Race Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jesse Jackson Talk Politics, Religion and the Presidential Race
The reverend and Nation editor appeared together at Columbia University on October 25.
Nov 7, 2012 / Press Room