Watch the Presidential Debate with The Nation! Watch the Presidential Debate with The Nation!
During the second presidential debate this Tuesday, October 16th at 9 PM, The Nation's George Zornick, Bryce Covert, Laura Flanders and Richard Kim will be online with live fac...
Oct 15, 2012 / The Nation
Note to Obama: It’s Still the Economy, Stupid Note to Obama: It’s Still the Economy, Stupid
The president needs to aggressively defend his economic policies and critique Romneyomics in Tuesday's debate.
Oct 15, 2012 / Ari Berman
Playing the Voter ID Card Playing the Voter ID Card
A former voter ID supporter realizes the real racial motive behind supposedly “common sense” reforms.
Oct 15, 2012 / Jeremiah Goulka
Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe
The EU's financial transaction tax should be a model for similar common sense reforms in the United States.
Oct 15, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Global Noise: Worldwide Debt Protests Global Noise: Worldwide Debt Protests
Hundreds of thousands of protesters in more than thirty countries flooded the streets over the weekend to protest debt and austerity.
Oct 15, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Paul Ryan: Dick Cheney With a Smile Paul Ryan: Dick Cheney With a Smile
Dick Cheney says: “I worship the ground that Paul Ryan walks on.” No wonder. They’re foreign-policy twins.
Oct 15, 2012 / John Nichols
This Week: Stop-and-Frisk. Plus: Progressives and Election 2012. This Week: Stop-and-Frisk. Plus: Progressives and Election 2012.
Stop-and-Frisk, VP debate coverage, and the media and poverty.
Oct 13, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Postmortem: The Now-Infamous and Indefensible Decision to Sit Stephen Strasburg Postmortem: The Now-Infamous and Indefensible Decision to Sit Stephen Strasburg
An arrogant management and compliant media sold DC on the idea to sit Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg. We now see the results.
Oct 13, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Tagg Romney’s Company Misled Reporters About Its Relationship With Ponzi Scheme–Linked Firm Tagg Romney’s Company Misled Reporters About Its Relationship With Ponzi Scheme–Linked Firm
Last year, Tagg Romney's company Solamere Capital persuaded reporters that it had not invested in a Ponzi-linked firm. Documents with the SEC tell a different story.
Oct 13, 2012 / Lee Fang
How Low Can Honduras Go? How Low Can Honduras Go?
The coup government's brutal campaign against the opposition elicits barely a peep of criticism from the United States.
Oct 12, 2012 / Dana Frank