House GOP Plans Even Deeper Food Stamp Cuts House GOP Plans Even Deeper Food Stamp Cuts
Last year's farm bill stalled because the GOP proposed deep food stamp cuts—and now they want even more.
Apr 29, 2013 / George Zornick
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Remembering Bob Edgar [VIDEO] Remembering Bob Edgar [VIDEO]
Common Cause CEO Bob Edgar died last week. As New Yorkers, among others, push forward on bills to change campaign financing, it's worth remembering his words.
Apr 29, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor, Occupy Plan May Day Protests Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor, Occupy Plan May Day Protests
The upcoming protests have already attracted the attention of authorities—including the FBI.
Apr 29, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Stay Out of Syria! Part II Stay Out of Syria! Part II
The New York Times blows the cover off the Syrian rebel movement.
Apr 29, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Fighter by His Trade: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Sports and the American Dream A Fighter by His Trade: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Sports and the American Dream
Sports have been a historic avenue for immigrant acceptance in the US, but Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s story shows just how much that’s changed.
Apr 29, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It
The poor have long known that a budget cut passed in Congress means hardship in real life. Now middle-class Americans realize that, too.
Apr 28, 2013 / Bryce Covert
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: George W. Bush Opens His Presidential Library & Collective Amnesia Reigns This Week in ‘Nation’ History: George W. Bush Opens His Presidential Library & Collective Amnesia Reigns
The Nation's archive helps us remember.
Apr 27, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
CISPA Is ‘Dead for Now,’ Thanks to a Left-Right Coalition for Online Privacy CISPA Is ‘Dead for Now,’ Thanks to a Left-Right Coalition for Online Privacy
Industry lobbyists outspent activists 38-1, but a grassroots coalition and dissenting members of Congress appear to have rendered CISPA “dead for now.”
Apr 26, 2013 / John Nichols
A Pill for Equal Abortion Access A Pill for Equal Abortion Access
The US can learn a lot from Australia’s new medical abortion policy.
Apr 26, 2013 / Chloe Angyal
Well, La-Tee-Da: Congress Fixes Furloughs in Time to Fly Home for Weekend, Lets Everyone Else’s Pain from the Sequester Fester Well, La-Tee-Da: Congress Fixes Furloughs in Time to Fly Home for Weekend, Lets Everyone Else’s Pain from the Sequester Fester
Air traffic controllers are back on the job, but a host of other issues haven't been solved.
Apr 26, 2013 / Leslie Savan