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Political Fact Meets Political Fiction Political Fact Meets Political Fiction

Politics is a serious business--and it's no secret that at The Nation, we're pretty darn serious about it. But politics is also a highly entertaining blood sport, rife with scand...

Jan 17, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Michigan’s Ominous Message for Hillary Clinton Michigan’s Ominous Message for Hillary Clinton

DETROIT -- The question in Tuesday's Michigan Democratic primary was not whether Hillary Clinton could beat anybody. The question was whether Clinton could beat nobody. As the o...

Jan 16, 2008 / John Nichols

MLK, LBJ, Clinton, Obama and the Politics of Memory MLK, LBJ, Clinton, Obama and the Politics of Memory

In the agonizingly absurd civil rights "debate" between the supporters of Democrartic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, I'm with the Lion of Anacostia. "I...

Jan 14, 2008 / John Nichols

Clinton Loses on This Gamble Clinton Loses on This Gamble

Since her loss in Iowa, Senator Hillary Clinton has been an outspoken critic of the caucus system, saying that the limited time allotted for voting disenfranchises too many worker...

Jan 14, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

To Know Mitt Romney Is Not to Love Him To Know Mitt Romney Is Not to Love Him

DETROIT -- To know Mitt Romney is not to love him. Just ask veteran Michigan Republican leader William Milliken. There is no living political figure who has been more closely as...

Jan 14, 2008 / John Nichols

The Challenges We Face The Challenges We Face

The economic grenades are going off. Just pick up today's newspapers. The subprime lending crisis is metastasizing; foreclosures on homes purchased with subprime mortgages are exp...

Jan 12, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Richard Honaker is No Good Richard Honaker is No Good

Richard Honaker, President Bush's latest radical nominee to the federal bench, is far outside the US mainstream when it comes to reproductive rights and freedoms. He's devoted a g...

Jan 11, 2008 / Peter Rothberg

A Win for a Woman, a Historic First for Women A Win for a Woman, a Historic First for Women

When New York Senator Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, a press release from the National Organization for Women's political action committee noted that she h...

Jan 11, 2008 / John Nichols

Reading the Signs in New Hampshire Reading the Signs in New Hampshire

What really happened in New Hampshire? First--forget what the polls say if youwant to know what happens next. Forget the establishment media, too. For now, the race is wide open...

Jan 9, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

On to Michigan, Nevada… and Maybe Oregon On to Michigan, Nevada… and Maybe Oregon

MANCHESTER, NH – New Hampshire has rewritten a script that called for settling the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination contests by February 5 at the latest. The s...

Jan 9, 2008 / John Nichols

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