This Week: A National Look at Voting Rights. PLUS: Remembering Gore Vidal This Week: A National Look at Voting Rights. PLUS: Remembering Gore Vidal
This week, a national look at voting rights courtesy of Voting Rights Watch 2012, a Nation and Colorlines.com partnership. Plus, we remember Gore Vidal's life and work, and editor-...
Aug 5, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day
Since when did giving millions of dollars to already wealthy corporations become a protest?
Aug 4, 2012 / Cord Jefferson
Why Our Elites Don’t Care About Mass Unemployment Why Our Elites Don’t Care About Mass Unemployment
The powerful don't care about the poor because they barely interact with them.
Aug 3, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie
Congress Fiddles While the Post Office Burns Congress Fiddles While the Post Office Burns
On Wednesday, the USPS went into default. It’s time to elect a legislature that will defend our postal service.
Aug 3, 2012 / John Nichols
What Mitt Romney’s Body Language Is Trying to Tell Us What Mitt Romney’s Body Language Is Trying to Tell Us
Whether or not Romney stands for something, he usually stands awkwardly and as passively as possible.
Aug 3, 2012 / Leslie Savan
August Jobs Report: Modest Gains Not Enough August Jobs Report: Modest Gains Not Enough
The numbers are ticking upward, but a real recovery remains elusive inside Washington.
Aug 3, 2012 / George Zornick
Ten Takeaways From Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial Ten Takeaways From Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial
The state of Pennsylvania did a terrible job defending its voter ID law—but today a judge ruled it constitutional anyway.
Aug 3, 2012 / Ari Berman
Not-so Patriotic Gore Not-so Patriotic Gore
Eric on "Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion" and Reed on Gore Vidal.
Aug 3, 2012 / Eric Alterman
We Can Curb Financial Speculation [VIDEO] We Can Curb Financial Speculation [VIDEO]
If every trade carried a cost, how quickly do you think Wall St. would rein in the robots?
Aug 3, 2012 / Laura Flanders
This Week in Poverty: ‘Respect the Worker’ This Week in Poverty: ‘Respect the Worker’
The latest on Palermo's factory workers in Milwaukee and SEIU janitors in Houston who are fighting for fair treatment and a decent wage.
Aug 3, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann