Hands Off Yoko! Oil and Gas Drillers Complain About Anti-Fracking Campaign Hands Off Yoko! Oil and Gas Drillers Complain About Anti-Fracking Campaign
Our friendly frackers have forgotten about the right of citizens to petition for a redress of grievances.
Apr 1, 2013 / Jon Wiener
Five Fears About ’42’ Five Fears About ’42’
If the new Jackie Robinson biopic follows standard Hollywood procedure, here's the complicated legacy it'll whitewash.
Apr 1, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part the Last: Do Something!) Democratic Majority Is Not Demographic Inevitability (Part the Last: Do Something!)
Ultimately, whether a party cements its gains depends not on demographics but performance.
Apr 1, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Thousands Protest the UK Government’s Brutal Austerity Thousands Protest the UK Government’s Brutal Austerity
Britain's worst off are getting hit harder today than at the height of Thatcherism in 1983. The Tory's regressive "bedroom tax" only makes thing worse.
Apr 1, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Striking Guest Workers Will Take McDonald’s Fight Global Striking Guest Workers Will Take McDonald’s Fight Global
As Congress considers immigration reform, workers plan a global day of action for June 6.
Apr 1, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Hawks Slam Obama Over ‘Nuclear Zero’ Hawks Slam Obama Over ‘Nuclear Zero’
Neocons point out everything that the president is doing right on arms control.
Mar 31, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
This Week: Deliberating on DOMA and Prop 8 This Week: Deliberating on DOMA and Prop 8
A watershed moment for marriage equality—and Tony Kushner’s moving essay nearly two decades ago: Introducing The Nation Archive!
Mar 30, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Shocking Rahm’s Shock Doctrine Shocking Rahm’s Shock Doctrine
Mayor Emanuel’s flash school-closing announcement is meeting civil disobeidence from Chicago teachers—who are having no trouble poking gaping holes in every one of the city’s argum...
Mar 29, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Coming Out of the Shadows in Union Square Coming Out of the Shadows in Union Square
Undocumented youth are taking to public and online spaces to represent themselves—in some cases, without the support of important allies.
Mar 29, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Why Mandate Disclosure? Because Corporations Lie on Voluntary Political Transparency Why Mandate Disclosure? Because Corporations Lie on Voluntary Political Transparency
The SEC is considering rules for political disclosure—and a voluntary regime simply isn’t enough.
Mar 29, 2013 / Lee Fang