Five Questions for Rick Perry Five Questions for Rick Perry
Texas Governor Rick Perry has joined the presidential race. Here are some questions he should have to answer.
Aug 12, 2011 / Ben Adler
Crazy, Stupid, Republicans Crazy, Stupid, Republicans
Eric has never written for US News, and he is frustrated with T-Mobile.
Aug 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Ari Berman: The Not-So-Super Committee Ari Berman: The Not-So-Super Committee
Nancy Pelosi's additions to the Super Committee finalizes the group of twelve congresspersons tasked with deciding how to cut $1.2 trillion dollars from the federal budget.
Aug 12, 2011 / Press Room
Ari Berman: The Not-So-Super Committee Ari Berman: The Not-So-Super Committee
Nancy Pelosi's additions to the Super Committee finalizes the group of twelve congresspersons tasked with deciding how to cut $1.2 trillion dollars from the federal budget.
Aug 12, 2011 / Countdown
Who’s Paying the Super-Committee? Who’s Paying the Super-Committee?
The "super-committee" that will decide $1.5 trillion in cuts and potentially sweeping changes to entitlements and the tax code has raked in hundreds of millions of dollar...
Aug 12, 2011 / George Zornick
The London Olympics and the London Riots The London Olympics and the London Riots
It aint exactly Shakespeare, but it is actually what happened earlier this week as the London Olympic Committee staged a beach volleyball exhibition as fires engulfed the cit...
Aug 12, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions Republican Debate Offers No Policy Solutions
At the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa, Republican candidates failed to explain how they would solve problems in the world that actually exists.
Aug 12, 2011 / Ben Adler
Shall We Make That ‘US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts’? Shall We Make That ‘US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts’?
The nation’s most identifiable champion of financial reform and economic sanity signals a serious interest in seeking Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat.
Aug 12, 2011 / John Nichols
A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels
On September 24, concerned citizens around the world will come together in every nation on earth to demonstrate the breadth and depth of the global movement against fossil fuels.
Aug 11, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories
Every week, Nation interns cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Aug 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation