The GOP’s Attack on Voters The GOP’s Attack on Voters
The GOP admits that it believes voter ID laws will win Romney the election.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
To Achieve Work-Family Balance, Americans Have to Work Less To Achieve Work-Family Balance, Americans Have to Work Less
We’re completely overworked. No wonder we struggle to balance careers and children.
Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert
How to Disenfranchise 18 Percent of Philadelphia’s Electorate How to Disenfranchise 18 Percent of Philadelphia’s Electorate
Forty-four percent of Philly’s population is African-American—and nearly 20 percent of voters there may lose the right to cast a ballot this fall.
Jul 6, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
No Child Left Behind Lives On No Child Left Behind Lives On
The New York Times asks whether the law has been “nullified.” It hasn’t been.
Jul 6, 2012 / Blog / Dana Goldstein
Rendered, Tortured, Discarded: Clara Gutteridge on US Prison Abuses Around the World Rendered, Tortured, Discarded: Clara Gutteridge on US Prison Abuses Around the World
A Tanzanian man was detained and tortured by US officials in Afghanistan on suspicion of terror. But he was completely innocent.
Jul 6, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Citizens United: The Sequel Citizens United: The Sequel
Eric on the royal Internet "we" and Reed on this summer of political sequels.
Jul 6, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Steve Nash to the Lakers: The Political Impact Steve Nash to the Lakers: The Political Impact
Will this bravest of athletes continue to speak out now that he's playing for Kobe Bryant’s Lakers?
Jul 5, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin
GOP’s Rejection of Medicaid Funds Is One More Ideologically Driven Bad Idea GOP’s Rejection of Medicaid Funds Is One More Ideologically Driven Bad Idea
Republican governors are again planning to reject federal money that would help their states.
Jul 5, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/4/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/4/12)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Jul 5, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
POLL: Half of Americans Don’t Know How Court Ruled on Healthcare POLL: Half of Americans Don’t Know How Court Ruled on Healthcare
For all the punditry about how the Supreme Court ruling on healthcare would play, 45 percent of Americans don’t know what happened.
Jul 4, 2012 / Blog / Ari Melber