The Breakdown: Is Syria on the Brink of Revolution? The Breakdown: Is Syria on the Brink of Revolution?
Political analyst Joshua M. Landis explains why the Syrian president's recent concessions are too little too late for a burgeoning protest movement that's interested in more than p...
Apr 29, 2011 / Chris Hayes
The Tables Turn in Town Halls, and Maybe DC The Tables Turn in Town Halls, and Maybe DC
Recent town halls had many key Tea Party rabblerousers playing defense for the first time. How will Congress react when it meets next week?
Apr 29, 2011 / George Zornick
Interest Groups Are Serious Business Interest Groups Are Serious Business
Progressives need to take interest group-based politics seriously if they want to counter status quo bias.
Apr 29, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
Bringing Feminist Journalism to the Mainstream Bringing Feminist Journalism to the Mainstream
Breaking into the mainstream media dialogue with a feminist story can be a challenge. Fortunately, there’s a whole host of writers and editors working to produce stories relevant t...
Apr 29, 2011 / The Nation
Didn’t We Fight a Revolution to Rid Ourselves of This Royal Family—and Its American Imitators? Didn’t We Fight a Revolution to Rid Ourselves of This Royal Family—and Its American Imitators?
The whole point of the American experiment was to rid ourselves of royalism. So how did we end up with so many monarchical governors?
Apr 29, 2011 / John Nichols
Rush Limbaugh, ‘Time’ Reporter Rush Limbaugh, ‘Time’ Reporter
Eric takes on Time magazine's severe editorial weaknesses and Reed Richardson offers his predictions for Mitt Romney's presidential run.
Apr 29, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Massive May Day Protests Planned to Campaign for Workers’ Rights Massive May Day Protests Planned to Campaign for Workers’ Rights
This weekend, labor and immigrant rights’ advocates will join forces to combat the anti-union legislation sweeping the country.
Apr 29, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
This Week: America’s Longest War. PLUS: The Trump Sideshow This Week: America’s Longest War. PLUS: The Trump Sideshow
This week, The Nation welcomes Liliana Segura as Associate Editor. Ari Melber and Melissa Harris-Perry weigh-in on the Trump sideshow, and Bernie Sanders stops by The Na...
Apr 28, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation Conversations: Andy Worthington on the Guantánamo Files Nation Conversations: Andy Worthington on the Guantánamo Files
The release of previously classified reports on the US military's Guantánamo detainees has resuscitated stories of horror and suffering that have been largely forgotten in r...
Apr 28, 2011 / The Nation
Al-Assad Al-Assad
Al-Assad An autocrat named al-Assad Decided he’d not spare the rod. His thugs kill at will, But we wonder still: What happens when he’s shot his wad? Some say his reaction is odd: They say this Assad is no clod. But he learned from pop To play the bad cop. Who knows how it ends? Maybe God.
Apr 28, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin