Katrina vanden Heuvel on Election Insurrection in Midterms 2010 Katrina vanden Heuvel on Election Insurrection in Midterms 2010
Katrina vanden Heuvel joins a panel of journalists, writers and political strategists to dissect the Democrat's prospects for this year's midterm elections.
Nov 2, 2010 / The Common Good
Slide Show: Nation Readers’ Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century Slide Show: Nation Readers’ Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century
Peter Dreier's list of the fifty most influential progressives of the twentieth century honored the people who moved progressive ideas in America from the marginal to the mainstream, but his list could only include a handful of all those who have contributed to this tradition. We asked our readers to nominate the American progressives who have made the biggest difference in the twentieth century, and Dreier has now created a list of eleven more progressives you told us are deserving of our recognition. You can read Dreier's complete biographies here, with suggestions for further reading.
Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation
Seminars at Sea: Jim Hightower and Chris Hayes on Populism in Politics Seminars at Sea: Jim Hightower and Chris Hayes on Populism in Politics
The impacts of populism on America's political landscape.
Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: The Political Moment Nation Conversations: The Political Moment
A panel moderated by Calvin Trillin with Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jim Hightower, Melissa Harris-Perry, Chris Hayes and John Nichols weigh in on the current political moment and how...
Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation
Briefing: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Afghanistan Briefing: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Afghanistan
"The US has basically already lost the war in Afghanistan," says Jeremy Scahill, just back from two weeks reporting unembedded in that country.
Nov 1, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Slide Show: Reader Photos from the Rally to Restore Sanity Slide Show: Reader Photos from the Rally to Restore Sanity
One day before Halloween and three days before what will be a pivotal midterm election, the politically engaged, the politically blasé, pot-smoking seniors, families, hipste…
Nov 1, 2010 / The Nation
Commentary: John Nichols on Citizens United Commentary: John Nichols on Citizens United
The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision is already having an effect on our democracy, and according to Nichols, "We may have our first fully corporate-defined election t...
Nov 1, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Slide Show: The Democrats Are the Real Party of Women Slide Show: The Democrats Are the Real Party of Women
Republicans may have touted 2010 as their own “Year of the Woman,” and recent polling suggests that women voters, traditionally a Democratic stronghold, may favor Repub…
Oct 29, 2010 / The Nation
The Breakdown: Do Negative Campaign Ads Sway Voters? The Breakdown: Do Negative Campaign Ads Sway Voters?
With attack ads battling it out on airwaves across the country, Chris Hayes asks Stanford professor Shanto Iyengar: do negative ads ever have positive effects?
Oct 29, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Katrina vanden Heuvel on Coalition Building in Washington Katrina vanden Heuvel on Coalition Building in Washington
With this year's elections days away, vanden Heuvel joins Morning Joe to argue for a political coalition that could yield serious progressive results.
Oct 28, 2010 / Morning Joe