Howard Dean: The Case for Obama Howard Dean: The Case for Obama
The former DNC chair predicts an Obama victory, says the future of the Supreme Court at stake.
Sep 6, 2012 / Ari Berman
A Middle-Class or Minimum-Wage Matriarchy? A Middle-Class or Minimum-Wage Matriarchy?
If women really do become this country’s breadwinners, it’ll likely mean more families slip from the middle class.
Sep 6, 2012 / Bryce Covert
The United States Must Abandon All Support for the Syrian Rebellion The United States Must Abandon All Support for the Syrian Rebellion
The crisis in Syria veers toward regionwide sectarian explosion.
Sep 6, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union Bill Clinton Forms Barack Obama’s More Perfect Union
Republicans did not want to mention their former president in Tampa. But in Charlotte Democrats followed their former president’s lead. And it could take them all the way in ...
Sep 6, 2012 / John Nichols
Elizabeth Warren to Romney: ‘Corporations Are Not People’ Elizabeth Warren to Romney: ‘Corporations Are Not People’
At the DNC, Warren offered a powerful defense of economic populism and a stinging rejoinder to Romney & co.
Sep 6, 2012 / Ari Berman
Republicans’ Holy War on the DNC Platform Republicans’ Holy War on the DNC Platform
Conservative complaints about the Democratic platform are just petty politics of religious symbolism.
Sep 5, 2012 / Ben Adler
Progressives Want a Stronger Focus on Protecting the Safety Net Progressives Want a Stronger Focus on Protecting the Safety Net
In Charlotte, progressives wish the party was making stronger promises not to cut Medicare and Social Security.
Sep 5, 2012 / George Zornick
Occupy Monsanto Occupy Monsanto
Anti-GMO activists will stage a week of protests in St. Louis, home of the Monsanto Corporation, starting on the anniversary of OWS, September 17, 2012.
Sep 5, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Exclusive: Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash Exclusive: Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash
In a letter to the Obama administration obtained by the The Nation, Ryan asked that a clinic in his district receive a grant made possible by the Affordable Care Act.
Sep 5, 2012 / Lee Fang
NFL Season Opens Under the Darkest of Shadows NFL Season Opens Under the Darkest of Shadows
Tragically, player safety has become a political football.
Sep 5, 2012 / Dave Zirin