Building a Movement by Offering Solutions Building a Movement by Offering Solutions
The left's hope lies in reviving the tradition of speaking in credible, urgent, moral ways about policies to aid the great majority.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Michael Kazin
The Corpo-Obama-Geithner-Petraeus State The Corpo-Obama-Geithner-Petraeus State
The role of the left should not be to uphold or defend a government increasingly at odds with the interests of the people, but to change it, drastically and from the ground up.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
Ending the Permanent Campaign Ending the Permanent Campaign
When politics is driven by the need to turn out your base and policy is dominated by the desire to cater to that base, our baser instincts come to the fore.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Norman Ornstein
There Will Be No Silver Bullet There Will Be No Silver Bullet
The forces stacked against progressive change must not prevent the left from continually fighting for new levels of democratization and social justice.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Chris Bowers
Translating Electoral Victory into Real Progress: Minnesota’s Story Translating Electoral Victory into Real Progress: Minnesota’s Story
How do progressives meet the challenge of a daunting midterm election while also laying the ground work for a bolder agenda? TakeAction Minnesota made progressive governing, not El...
Aug 2, 2010 / Dan McGrath
Do You Know Who Eric Alterman Is? Do You Know Who Eric Alterman Is?
On Nascar, the Pentagon Papers and the mail.
Jul 29, 2010 / Eric Alterman
The Game Change The Game Change
Nine reasons Democrats should embrace immigration reform this year.
Jul 29, 2010 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Bernie Sanders: No To Oligarchy Bernie Sanders: No To Oligarchy
While the middle class disappears and more Americans fall into poverty, the wealthiest people in our country are using their wealth and political power to protect their privileged ...
Jul 22, 2010 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
Obama, Crypto-Lefty? I Never Thought So Obama, Crypto-Lefty? I Never Thought So
Christopher Hayes responds to Joan Walsh's claim that recently published JournoList e-mails prove his "Obama worship."
Jul 21, 2010 / Chris Hayes
This Week At TheNation.com: Reflections on Lebron, plus two new videos and an event in New York This Week At TheNation.com: Reflections on Lebron, plus two new videos and an event in New York
Reflections on Lebron. Plus: See me in New York on Tuesday.
Jul 10, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel