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The Russian Optimist: An Interview With Opposition Rocker Yuri Shevchuk

The Russian Optimist: An Interview With Opposition Rocker Yuri Shevchuk The Russian Optimist: An Interview With Opposition Rocker Yuri Shevchuk

The well-known musician talks about the adoption ban, Pussy Riot and the future of the opposition movement.

Jan 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Alec Luhn

This Week: Fighting for Progress in a Second Obama Term This Week: Fighting for Progress in a Second Obama Term

From climate change to election reform, find out how progressives can work towards change over the next four years.

Jan 26, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

‘It’s a New World’: The Super Bowl Becomes a Platform for LGBT Equality

‘It’s a New World’: The Super Bowl Becomes a Platform for LGBT Equality ‘It’s a New World’: The Super Bowl Becomes a Platform for LGBT Equality

A positive push for LGBT rights will, believe it or not, be part of Super Bowl week in New Orleans.

Jan 26, 2013 / Dave Zirin

How Much Is Obama Willing to Sacrifice?

How Much Is Obama Willing to Sacrifice? How Much Is Obama Willing to Sacrifice?

The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn talks with The Nation's Bryce Covert and George Zornick about what Obama can—and should—tackle in his second term.

Jan 25, 2013 / The Nation

Three Strategies to Block the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College

Three Strategies to Block the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College Three Strategies to Block the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College

Name and shame those who would rig elections, embrace the popular vote, challenge gerrymandering.

Jan 25, 2013 / John Nichols

Three Strategies to Stop the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College Three Strategies to Stop the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College

Name and shame those who would rig elections, embrace the popular vote, challenge gerrymandering.

Jan 25, 2013 / John Nichols

Comments of the Week: The Filibuster and ‘Pro-Life’ Politicians

Comments of the Week: The Filibuster and ‘Pro-Life’ Politicians Comments of the Week: The Filibuster and ‘Pro-Life’ Politicians

Our readers sound off on executive actions Obama could take, the filibuster and 'pro-life' politicians. 

Jan 25, 2013 / Sarah Arnold

The New Campus Bankers The New Campus Bankers

What will be the fate of public universities if they are allowed to be run like businesses, by businesspeople?

Jan 25, 2013 / StudentNation / Alexander F. Roehrkasse and StudentNation

Guilty or Not? A Marine Kills Civilians in Afghanistan

Guilty or Not? A Marine Kills Civilians in Afghanistan Guilty or Not? A Marine Kills Civilians in Afghanistan

In an op-ed, a soldier asks if he was wrong in accidentally killing Afghan civilians—but do Americans really care?

Jan 25, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Can Israel’s Non-Right Ever Win?

Can Israel’s Non-Right Ever Win? Can Israel’s Non-Right Ever Win?

It is long past time to reject expansionism, intolerance and structural inequality and define what democratic Israeli patriotism really stands for.

Jan 25, 2013 / Daniel Levy

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