Katha Pollitt and Sarah Posner: Why the Double Standard for Abortion Rights and ‘Viagra Rights’? Katha Pollitt and Sarah Posner: Why the Double Standard for Abortion Rights and ‘Viagra Rights’?
On bloggingheads.tv, Nation columnist Katha Pollitt breaks down the meaning of "pro-choice" and the direction of the pro-choice movement.
Jan 23, 2013 / Press Room
GOP Version2013: Battling Not Just Democrats but Democracy GOP Version2013: Battling Not Just Democrats but Democracy
After the “Virginia Coup,” where Republican legislators gerrymandered election lines, does anyone doubt that Reince Priebus is serious about rigging the Electoral Colle...
Jan 23, 2013 / John Nichols
Puzzle No. 3269 Puzzle No. 3269
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Jan 23, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
First Generation Soviet-Jewry Descendants: Bad Jews? First Generation Soviet-Jewry Descendants: Bad Jews?
Reflections on identity by the founder of the Rutgers University Hillel Russian-Jewish Club.
Jan 22, 2013 / StudentNation / Jonathan Levin and StudentNation
Obama’s First Term Was Shaped by Clashes With Big-Business Interests Obama’s First Term Was Shaped by Clashes With Big-Business Interests
President Barack Obama’s second term will be shaped by his battles with big business lobbyists in his first.
Jan 22, 2013 / Lee Fang
What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty What Obama’s Inaugural Address Got Wrong About Poverty
It makes no sense to suggest that a poor child could ever have “the same chance to succeed as anybody else.”
Jan 22, 2013 / Betsy Reed
Brennan at the CIA Might Surprise Us Brennan at the CIA Might Surprise Us
The tough guy might yet rein in drones. And steer the CIA away from covert ops to intelligence collection.
Jan 22, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Covert Wars Contradict His Rhetoric Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Covert Wars Contradict His Rhetoric
The president continues to expand drone strikes and special operations, even as he decries the country’s war footing.
Jan 22, 2013 / Press Room
The White House Sends Troubling Signals About Its First Climate Test: Keystone XL The White House Sends Troubling Signals About Its First Climate Test: Keystone XL
Approving the Keystone XL pipeline would be a crippling blow to the idea the White House is serious about addressing climate change.
Jan 22, 2013 / George Zornick