Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign
A socialist candidate wins significant support for a “Fund Human Needs, Fight Corporate Greed” message.
Nov 3, 2013 / John Nichols
Remembering Doug Ireland Remembering Doug Ireland
To a young journalist in the early 1980s Doug seemed already to have lived an impossible number of lives.
Nov 2, 2013 / Bruce Shapiro
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Life and Times of Eric Hobsbawm This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Life and Times of Eric Hobsbawm
Ramachandra Guha’s essay in next week’s issue is only the latest in a long line of critical appreciations of the late historian’s work to be published in The Nati...
Nov 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
WATCH: The Story Behind MLK’s Famous ‘Dream’ Speech WATCH: The Story Behind MLK’s Famous ‘Dream’ Speech
Gary Younge and Mychal Denzel Smith on the misremembering of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous speech.
Nov 1, 2013 / The Nation
Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal
Friday’s punitive and economically damaging food stamp cuts are much less a result of red-team-versus-blue-team politics, and much more a result of a political process where ...
Nov 1, 2013 / George Zornick
Stop-and-Frisk Is Now in Bill de Blasio’s Hands Stop-and-Frisk Is Now in Bill de Blasio’s Hands
A Federal appeals court has put a stay on crucial reforms to the NYPD’s controversial policy—but will next week’s mayoral election render the stay moot?
Nov 1, 2013 / Emily Jane Goodman
Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers
Only 3 percent of the population are likely to lose their current insurance policies and pay higher premiums because of Obamacare.
Nov 1, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/1/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/1/13
This week: activist scientists, West Virginia’s transformation into a red state, and the burgeoning men’s rights movement.
Nov 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
It’s Not America’s Job to Fix Iraq It’s Not America’s Job to Fix Iraq
Obama shouldn’t arm Maliki’s government.
Nov 1, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps
The richest 400 Americans are worth just over $2 trillion dollars, and yet we're still cutting food stamps.
Nov 1, 2013 / Laura Flanders