Guns and Roses Guns and Roses
Once again, the media has absolutely failed us in keeping our government accountable on gun policy.
Dec 21, 2012 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
![2012: The Year Our Sports Broke](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/paterno_ap_hp_0.jpg)
2012: The Year Our Sports Broke 2012: The Year Our Sports Broke
A series of awful stories topped the Associated Press’s “sports stories of the year.”
Dec 21, 2012 / Dave Zirin
![Boehner’s Choice](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/boehner2_ap_hp_0.jpg)
Boehner’s Choice Boehner’s Choice
The failure of Plan B has put the House Speaker in a tough position.
Dec 21, 2012 / George Zornick
![This Week in Poverty: US Single Mothers—’The Worst Off’](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/employ_mother_rtr_hp_4.jpg)
This Week in Poverty: US Single Mothers—’The Worst Off’ This Week in Poverty: US Single Mothers—’The Worst Off’
Despite working more hours than their peers in other high-income countries, single mothers in the US have higher poverty rates.
Dec 21, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
![Speaker Boehner Loses It](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/boehner_debtcrisis_ap_hp_2.jpg)
Speaker Boehner Loses It Speaker Boehner Loses It
The Speaker's own House Repulicans abandoned him in the Plan B vote. But the American people already abandoned Boehner and the Republicans on November 6.
Dec 21, 2012 / John Nichols
![Real Movement on Gun Control?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gun_cc_hp_0.jpg)
Real Movement on Gun Control? Real Movement on Gun Control?
At the federal and state levels, some politicians are encouragingly willing to tackle gun control.
Dec 20, 2012 / George Zornick
Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’ Crime and Crisis: Think ‘We’ Not ‘They’
Two interviews have new resonance since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Glox News: ‘The Bottomless Pit of Arbitrary Accounting’ Glox News: ‘The Bottomless Pit of Arbitrary Accounting’
Will the Supreme Leader make concessions to the losing party?
Dec 20, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow
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New ALEC Documents Show Regulatory Capture in Action New ALEC Documents Show Regulatory Capture in Action
ALEC is playing lobbyist match-maker with state regulators to push an anti-environmental agenda.
Dec 19, 2012 / Lee Fang
![Today in Poverty: An Education Wish List](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/schoolbus_ap_hp_1.jpg)
Today in Poverty: An Education Wish List Today in Poverty: An Education Wish List
Here are ten reforms that would ensure every child receives the education they deserve.
Dec 19, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann