Conversation: Jeremy Scahill on US Military Actions in Yemen Conversation: Jeremy Scahill on US Military Actions in Yemen
With this week's discovery of bombs in cargo holds on two planes bound from Yemen to the US, is Yemen destined to become a new front in the "war on terror"? According t...
Nov 5, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
The Breakdown: Will the Tea Party Stall the Economy? The Breakdown: Will the Tea Party Stall the Economy?
The Center for Economic and Policy Research's Dean Baker joins Christopher Hayes to answer the question: if Tea Party freshmen vote to not raise our debt ceiling as they vowed to d...
Nov 5, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Nation Conversations: Judy Collins on a Life in Music and Politics Nation Conversations: Judy Collins on a Life in Music and Politics
On this year's Nation Cruise, folk singer and life-long activist Judy Collins treated The Nation's readers, editors and writers to a humorous and engaging conversation with pol...
Nov 3, 2010 / The Nation
Commentary: Laura Flanders on the Midterm’s Real Winners Commentary: Laura Flanders on the Midterm’s Real Winners
The lesson? In a political climate of "sweep the bums out," there's always the matter of who gets swept in. And elected or not, there's still the question of how so ma...
Nov 3, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Slide Show: Big Wins and Big Losses in Midterms 2010 Slide Show: Big Wins and Big Losses in Midterms 2010
Democrats suffered big losses last night, ceding more seats than either party had lost in midterm elections since Franklin Roosevelt. Republicans now have control of the Hous…
Nov 3, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel on ‘The Colbert Report’: We Need a Party of Political Courage Katrina vanden Heuvel on ‘The Colbert Report’: We Need a Party of Political Courage
Watch Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel on The Colbert Report, refudiating the hype surrounding the GOP's midterm sweep.
Nov 3, 2010 / The Colbert Report
Election Roundtable: Breaking Down the Results on Democracy Now! Election Roundtable: Breaking Down the Results on Democracy Now!
Did the Tea Party set the agenda for last night's elections? Is the Blue Dog coalition done for? Nation contributors Richard Kim, John Nichols and Laura Flanders explain.
Nov 3, 2010 / Democracy Now!
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 / Photo Essay / 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