How Hurricane Sandy Will Impact the Election How Hurricane Sandy Will Impact the Election
The storm will complicate election planning in fifteen states, including crucial battlegrounds like Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Nov 1, 2012 / Ari Berman
#TalkPoverty: The Obama Campaign Responds #TalkPoverty: The Obama Campaign Responds
For three months TheNation.com has pushed for a substantive conversation about poverty in the presidential campaign. Today the Obama campaign responds.
Nov 1, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Progressives to Chamber: Show Us the Money! Progressives to Chamber: Show Us the Money!
The US Chamber of Commerce is likely going to spend $100 million on the election, but where is the money coming from?
Oct 31, 2012 / George Zornick
On FEMA, Inequality and the Need for Better Government On FEMA, Inequality and the Need for Better Government
The To-FEMA-Or-Not-To-FEMA belies a bigger problem with the political priorities of this country.
Oct 31, 2012 / Michelle Dean
The Amazing Mittdrake, the Magician The Amazing Mittdrake, the Magician
A real magician never reveals his secrets.
Oct 31, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow
Occupy Sandy: Occupy Wall Street Helps Storm Victims Occupy Sandy: Occupy Wall Street Helps Storm Victims
Occupy Wall Street and 350.org have teamed up with Recovers.org, a disaster relief platform, to help coordinate response to Hurricane Sandy.
Oct 31, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Romney’s Public Disservice Romney’s Public Disservice
Like the hurricane itself, slash-and-burn government hurts the most vulnerable the most, but it threatens all of us eventually.
Oct 31, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sandy Shows Republicans Incapable of Change Sandy Shows Republicans Incapable of Change
From climate change to emergency response, Sandy should have made Republicans rethink their positions. But it didn’t.
Oct 30, 2012 / Ben Adler
How to Help the Victims of Hurricane Sandy How to Help the Victims of Hurricane Sandy
If you’d like to help, what’s needed most is money, blood and volunteer labor.
Oct 30, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Now Begins the Dirtiest Week in Politics Now Begins the Dirtiest Week in Politics
With not enough time for sleazy moves to backfire, opportunists are pulling out all the stops.
Oct 30, 2012 / George Zornick