Americans Elect: The Political eHarmony Americans Elect: The Political eHarmony
Broaden participation through technology is a worthy goal, but American Elect's intention to get beyond partisanship is wearisome.
Mar 10, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
This Week: Celebrating Women. PLUS: A New Community Editor! This Week: Celebrating Women. PLUS: A New Community Editor!
This week, we commemorate International Women’s Day. Plus, The Nation’s first-ever community editor, and we launch The Nation En Español.
Mar 10, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Strange Things Are Happening to Mitt Romney Strange Things Are Happening to Mitt Romney
He's eating grits, dropping “Y’alls” and describes campaigning in the South is an “away game” for Yankees like him. This is as “real” as h...
Mar 9, 2012 / John Nichols
The Occupy Spring: Jeremy Brecher The Occupy Spring: Jeremy Brecher
The way humans wreck the earth parallels the way the 1 percent treats the 99 percent.
Mar 9, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Katrina vanden Heuvel: This Will Be a Historic Year for Women Katrina vanden Heuvel: This Will Be a Historic Year for Women
The Republicans are trying to overturn decades of women’s rights victories.
Mar 9, 2012 / Press Room
Comments of the Week: Healthcare Reform, Voting Rights and Derrick Bell Comments of the Week: Healthcare Reform, Voting Rights and Derrick Bell
Each week we post a run-down of the best of our reader comments with the hopes of highlighting some of your most valuable insights and encouraging more people to join the fray. Let...
Mar 9, 2012 / Sarah Arnold
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Mar 9, 2012 / The Nation
February Jobs Report: Beware Austerity February Jobs Report: Beware Austerity
Slow but promising job growth could be crushed by a return to deep budget cuts.
Mar 9, 2012 / George Zornick
The White House’s Broadening Latino Agenda The White House’s Broadening Latino Agenda
Moving beyond a single-issue focus on immigration will position the Democratic Party as the choice, not just the default option, for Latinos.
Mar 9, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
This Week in Poverty: Welfare Reform—From Bad to Worse This Week in Poverty: Welfare Reform—From Bad to Worse
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for poor people.
Mar 9, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann