Home Foreclosures Missing From Presidential Debates Home Foreclosures Missing From Presidential Debates
Fifteen million Americans are underwater on their mortgage payments, yet the presidential debates lacked a discussion about the housing crisis.
Oct 23, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Foreign Policy Really Is Foreign to Mitt Romney Foreign Policy Really Is Foreign to Mitt Romney
The Republcan nominee stumbled again and again in last night's foreign-policy debate, before finally agreeing with Obama on almost everything.
Oct 23, 2012 / John Nichols
Corporate Lobbyists Manage Our Presidential Debates Corporate Lobbyists Manage Our Presidential Debates
Why aren’t the candidates asked about corruption or the influence of big money? Maybe it’s because the men running the debates are lobbyists.
Oct 22, 2012 / Lee Fang
Women Voters Will Decide This Election Women Voters Will Decide This Election
Will Romney and Ryan be held accountable for their proposed rollback of women’s rights?
Oct 22, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry
George McGovern, the Last Honest Democrat George McGovern, the Last Honest Democrat
His landslide defeat in 1972 taught a generation of aspiring young Democrats not to try that again—and they didn’t.
Oct 22, 2012 / William Greider
Obama and Romney Versus the Public on Afghanistan Obama and Romney Versus the Public on Afghanistan
Both candidates agree on Afghanistan—but few Americans join them.
Oct 22, 2012 / George Zornick
The Iran Talks Bombshell The Iran Talks Bombshell
It ought to be good news, but President Obama might not wish to trumpet this particular gospel.
Oct 22, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
We Can’t Count on the President to Solve Climate Change We Can’t Count on the President to Solve Climate Change
The debates show both candidates are more concerned with appeasing the coal industry than saving our planet.
Oct 22, 2012 / Chris Hayes
A Real Foreign Policy Debate Should Talk Trade and Human Rights A Real Foreign Policy Debate Should Talk Trade and Human Rights
Trade policy is about economics. But it’s also about human rights—and whether countries that claim to support freedom and fairness really do.
Oct 22, 2012 / John Nichols
George McGovern: American Patriot and Truth-Teller George McGovern: American Patriot and Truth-Teller
The presidential nominee and Nation contributor never wavered in speaking out against war, poverty and human rights abuses.
Oct 22, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel