Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas
Montana’s GOP is also calling for the outlawing of homosexuality—supporting the arrest and incarceration of people whose only “crime” is their sexual orient…
Oct 13, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Tasing Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart’s Jokes and CNN’s Double Standards Tasing Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart’s Jokes and CNN’s Double Standards
The cool kid bullied the uncool kids in the Stewart/Sanchez affair, while CNN, like a cowed principal, ran from the crossfire.
Oct 13, 2010 / Leslie Savan
What Democracy Looks Like What Democracy Looks Like
On a Saturday in June, workers, students and allies of UNITE HERE Local 217’s downtown Providence hotels marched in solidarity with gay rights activists in the Rhode Island P...
Oct 12, 2010 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky
At Claremont Institute, Christine O’Donnell Was Taught ABCs of Homophobia At Claremont Institute, Christine O’Donnell Was Taught ABCs of Homophobia
The real story of Christine O'Donnell's time at the Claremont Institute is how thoroughly she absorbed its viciously antigay politics.
Oct 12, 2010 / Kathryn Joyce
The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics
For all the supposed preparation progressives did for a return to political power, we haven’t figured out how to relate to an actual government. If progressives cannot "...
Oct 11, 2010 / Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava
US Makes Gains for Human Rights in Geneva US Makes Gains for Human Rights in Geneva
A year after joining the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Obama administration is making an impact. But if Democrats lose control of Congress in November, a new round of i...
Oct 11, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
At Tea Party Convention, Lou Dobbs Avoids Immigration Issues At Tea Party Convention, Lou Dobbs Avoids Immigration Issues
Most of the 2,800 Tea Partiers at a two-day convention in Virginia either hadn’t heard of or didn’t care about the controversy over Lou Dobbs's reliance on the labor of...
Oct 11, 2010 / Laura Stampler
Lou Dobbs and Isabel Macdonald Face Off on MSNBC’s ‘The Last Word’ Lou Dobbs and Isabel Macdonald Face Off on MSNBC’s ‘The Last Word’
In an exclusive, two-part debate between Lou Dobbs and The Nation's Isabel Macdonald on MSNBC's The Last Word, host Lawrence O'Donnell declares Dobbs on trial for hypocrisy in ...
Oct 8, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
ABC World News Asks, Did Lou Dobbs Hire Undocumented Workers? ABC World News Asks, Did Lou Dobbs Hire Undocumented Workers?
The Nation's Isabel Macdonald says that the millions of undocumented workers in this country cannot seek economic and social justice until they feel safe coming out of the shad...
Oct 8, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
ABC World News Asks, Did Lou Dobbs Hire Undocumented Workers? ABC World News Asks, Did Lou Dobbs Hire Undocumented Workers?
The Nation's Isabel Macdonald says that the millions of undocumented workers in this country cannot seek economic and social justice until they feel safe coming out of the shadow...
Oct 8, 2010 / Video / ABC World News with Diane Sawyer