A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes
Before we’re forced to pick our flavor of austerity, we should close tax loopholes in the financial sector to raise much-needed revenue.
Feb 4, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘The Blackout Bowl,’ or ‘The Most Depressing Super Bowl Column You’ll Read’ ‘The Blackout Bowl,’ or ‘The Most Depressing Super Bowl Column You’ll Read’
The Super Bowl's thirty-four-minute blackout was a moment that says so much about the USA in the twenty-first century.
Feb 4, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Skeeters Bit by Image of President Who Opposes Violence—Not the Second Amendment Skeeters Bit by Image of President Who Opposes Violence—Not the Second Amendment
One picture might just speak a thousand words about Obama's balance stance on gun safety.
Feb 4, 2013 / John Nichols
Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet
There is a special place reserved for the late New York City mayor in gay hell.
Feb 2, 2013 / Richard Kim
Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: ‘Survivalism’ Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: ‘Survivalism’
Today’s culture of “doomsday preppers,” suddenly now much in the news, runs back in a line of continuity back to the days of the Kennedy administration.
Feb 2, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
This Week: Movements Making Noise. Plus: Super Bowl XLVII This Week: Movements Making Noise. Plus: Super Bowl XLVII
A weekly roundup from The Nation's editor and publisher.
Feb 2, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Big Day for Obamacare A Big Day for Obamacare
The administration largely protected universal contraception coverage, but also made it harder for millions of familes to get health insurance.
Feb 1, 2013 / George Zornick
What We Will Lose When Tom Harkin Leaves the Senate What We Will Lose When Tom Harkin Leaves the Senate
An FDR Democrat who got big things done, the retiring senator has been a rare moral voice in a chamber of compromise and cynicism—especially on human rights issues.
Feb 1, 2013 / John Nichols
The Hagel Disaster The Hagel Disaster
He’ll probably be confirmed, but the former senator didn’t exactly stand tall.
Feb 1, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Is It Getting Better? Homophobia Rocks Super Bowl Is It Getting Better? Homophobia Rocks Super Bowl
Homophobic comments have roiled the Super Bowl week in New Orleans.
Feb 1, 2013 / Dave Zirin