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One Person, One Vote: This Is a Reform Whose Time Has Come One Person, One Vote: This Is a Reform Whose Time Has Come

The NPVIC might help make the American vote count by transforming US presidential elections into a truly reformed one person, one vote practice.

Aug 6, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Christie and Romney Are Odds-On Allies, if Not Favorites, for 2016

Christie and Romney Are Odds-On Allies, if Not Favorites, for 2016 Christie and Romney Are Odds-On Allies, if Not Favorites, for 2016

GOP voters wax nostalgic for the former Massachusetts governor, while seeming to favor the New Jersey governor in polls.

Aug 6, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

It Is a Wonder We Are Still Alive

It Is a Wonder We Are Still Alive It Is a Wonder We Are Still Alive

Sixty-nine years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, beginning a countdown toward the inglorious end of our species.

Aug 5, 2014 / Noam Chomsky

What’s Behind the Media’s Ebola Sensationalism?

What’s Behind the Media’s Ebola Sensationalism? What’s Behind the Media’s Ebola Sensationalism?

Ebola is a symbol to the political right of all the Third World horrors that liberals are inviting past the walls of our city on the hill.

Aug 5, 2014 / Leslie Savan

Is Another Intifada Possible in the West Bank?

Is Another Intifada Possible in the West Bank? Is Another Intifada Possible in the West Bank?

Israel’s war on Gaza has provoked both peaceful and armed resistance in the West Bank, a simmering situation over which the largely discredited PA is losing control.

Aug 5, 2014 / Dalia Hatuqa

Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I

Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I

The Nation recognized that US isolation would be tested as never before, but didn’t even consider intervention as a possibility.

Aug 5, 2014 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

By John Boehner’s Logic, a Lot of Presidents Should Have Been Sued

By John Boehner’s Logic, a Lot of Presidents Should Have Been Sued By John Boehner’s Logic, a Lot of Presidents Should Have Been Sued

Republicans are suing the president for doing what presidents do.

Aug 5, 2014 / John Nichols

The High Price That Surveillance Costs the Press and Our Democracy

The High Price That Surveillance Costs the Press and Our Democracy The High Price That Surveillance Costs the Press and Our Democracy

Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on electronic surveillance. 

Aug 5, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Is the Attack on Abortion Rights Backfiring in the South?

Is the Attack on Abortion Rights Backfiring in the South? Is the Attack on Abortion Rights Backfiring in the South?

Alabama’s backdoor abortion ban was just declared unconstitutional. Will this decision send a message to anti-choice legislators elsewhere?

Aug 5, 2014 / Dani McClain

Forty Years Later, Our ‘Long National Nightmare’ Is Far From Over

Forty Years Later, Our ‘Long National Nightmare’ Is Far From Over Forty Years Later, Our ‘Long National Nightmare’ Is Far From Over

Watergate itself is “smoking gun” proof of that old axiom about the corruption of power.

Aug 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

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