The Democrats’ Rural Rebellions The Democrats’ Rural Rebellions
The Republicans’ dramatic overreach in states from Wisconsin to Maine has created openings for substantial Democratic victories in unexpected territory.
Aug 24, 2011 / John Nichols
Noted. Noted.
Sarah Jaffe on the Verizon strike, Tom Hayden on AFL-CIO’s condemnation of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Britney Wilson on a welcome change in the prisons
Aug 24, 2011 / Various Contributors
The Party of Bachmann? The Party of Bachmann?
Antigovernment zealots and biblical literalists are driving the race for 2012's Republican presidential nomination.
Aug 24, 2011 / Sarah Posner
Keystone Cops Keystone Cops
The largest act of civil disobedience by environmentalists in decades began outside the White House on August 20, as more than seventy people were arrested during a protest against...
Aug 24, 2011 / George Zornick
Puzzle No. 3204 Puzzle No. 3204
ACROSS 1 Economist at play :( <3 (9) 6 Ancient king is mad when disturbed (5) 9 Photos distorted by time in radioactive location (3,4) 10 Ugly sight and sound of material from which diamonds can be extracted? (7) 11 Correspondence from Simi Valley, finally holding amended trial (10) 12 Improvise with siren (4) 14 Where Thompson and Brandon are married in a boat at sea (8) 15 Rob greeting John familiarly (6) 17 Endow with flexibility (6) 19 Vice president: ridiculous job I need (3,5) 22 Instrument is stolen goods, I hear (4) 23 Face-off taking 50/50 in highway feature (10) 26 Claims part of trip is restricted by porters (7) 27 Foolish pride: what it is and how it ends (7) 28 Long story about Egyptian leader (5) 29 Small and noble, it might require an early bedtime (9) DOWN 1 Those crazy societal beliefs! (5) 2 Raise watchword over an imperialist of old (7) 3 Rudely insinuate Eliot is drunk inside (10) 4 Rogue bat violently bellowed and whistled, with a kind of sneeze in the middle (8) 5 Detective keeps quiet about 22, strangely (6) 6 Timorous at first: “Maybe there’s a mouse!” (4) 7 Dismantle AM radio to create museum exhibit (7) 8 Diploma school’s principal bestowed on Uriah’s family (9) 13 Liberating nonsense, like the libretto of H.M.S. Pinafore (10) 14 Mary’s role: disturbing legendary Chicagoan (3,6) 16 Choice decision overawed radical (3,1,4) 18 Bone and tri-tip in Spanish dish (7) 20 Indulge carelessly in combat (7) 21 “Two heads are better than one”—for example, Oswald’s maneuvering (3,3) 24 Feel queasy at start of the fast (5) 25 Pulitzer-winning novelist’s New Age rearing (4) ACROSS 1 2 defs. 4 anag. 9 2 defs. 10 BOB + DOLE 11 & 12 2 defs. 13 hidden 15, 20 & 28 STAR + SKY + AND + HUTCH 17 R + OTATED (Odetta anag.) 18 ATTIC + A 22 C IN CODE (Charlie) + MAY + O 25 anag. 26 TR(IV)IAL 27 SATYR P + LAY (party’s anag.) DOWN 1 F(LO)URS 2 TRYING + OUT 3 LIP + PI 4 HEAD + ST+ AND 5 ROB + IN 6 anag. 7 G + LOOM 8 2 defs. 14 2 defs. 15 “C-worthy” 16 anag. 17 2 defs. 19 MO + OLAH (rev.) 21 DE(L)FT 23 NADA + L 24 EDIT + H
Aug 24, 2011 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Exchange: Blueprints for a New Economy Exchange: Blueprints for a New Economy
Reimagining capitalism.
Aug 24, 2011 / Our Readers and William Greider
Why We’re Protesting: Tar Sands Pipeline Opponents In Their Own Words Why We’re Protesting: Tar Sands Pipeline Opponents In Their Own Words
Protesters continued gathering outside of the White House as part of a 15-day effort to convince Obama to halt construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Aug 23, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Rick Perry: Governor for Sale Rick Perry: Governor for Sale
Perry has proclaimed Texas a model worth replicating at the national level, yet the state's woefully inept public services have created social problems that deserve swears, not swa...
Aug 23, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Stephen Glain on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Stephen Glain on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Within Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, tension between the group's younger and older generations is growing.
Aug 23, 2011 / The Nation
What Comes Next for Wisconsin’s Fledgling Uprising? What Comes Next for Wisconsin’s Fledgling Uprising?
The unions and Democrats came up just one seat short in a tumultuous uphill battle to take control of the state Senate, but was what happened a victory or a defeat?
Aug 23, 2011 / Andy Kroll