What if Sherrod Brown, Battler Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks, Gets Banking Committee Chair? What if Sherrod Brown, Battler Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banks, Gets Banking Committee Chair?
The progressive populist senator from Ohio would hold big banks to account -- a new concept for Washington.
Mar 29, 2013 / John Nichols
Is ‘Game of Thrones’ Escapist Enough? Is ‘Game of Thrones’ Escapist Enough?
We need escapist fantasies like Game of Thrones. But what’s it doing to our revolutionary imagination?
Mar 29, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Dave Zirin: What’s to Love About Baseball? Dave Zirin: What’s to Love About Baseball?
Baseball is neither poor, nasty, brutish nor short—at least, if sports fans have their way.
Mar 29, 2013 / Press Room
Propaganda Propagation Propaganda Propagation
A column arguing that a liberal foundation outspent the Koch brothers disproves its own assertion in a disclaimer—which conveniently gets forgotten when the initial claim is ...
Mar 28, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial ‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial
At the same time that Brooklyn residents poured into the streets over the killing of Kimani Gray, NYPD officers took the stand to describe the department's racist tactics.
Mar 28, 2013 / Ryan Devereaux
Noam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn’t Get Us, Climate Change Will Noam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn’t Get Us, Climate Change Will
The growing threats of nuclear war and environmental catastrophe make it hard to bet on the survival of our species.
Mar 28, 2013 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation
Stand Up for Employment Protections for LGBT Workers Stand Up for Employment Protections for LGBT Workers
While support for marriage equality grows, LGBT workers continue to face alarmingly high rates of employment discrimination. Tell Congress that now is the time to support the Emplo...
Mar 28, 2013 / NationAction
More Bullets Than Seconds: New Details from Tucson and Newtown More Bullets Than Seconds: New Details from Tucson and Newtown
Police respond very quickly to mass shootings, and bigger magazines means more deaths.
Mar 28, 2013 / George Zornick
This Is What Happens When You Rip a Hole in the Safety Net This Is What Happens When You Rip a Hole in the Safety Net
If you destroy one part of the social safety net, those in need will turn to what’s left.
Mar 28, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers
We do know that a comprehensive immigration reform bill will soon surface. The trouble is, we don’t know what it will contain.
Mar 28, 2013 / Aura Bogado