Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas
Montana’s GOP is also calling for the outlawing of homosexuality—supporting the arrest and incarceration of people whose only “crime” is their sexual orient…
Oct 13, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
At Claremont Institute, Christine O’Donnell Was Taught ABCs of Homophobia At Claremont Institute, Christine O’Donnell Was Taught ABCs of Homophobia
The real story of Christine O'Donnell's time at the Claremont Institute is how thoroughly she absorbed its viciously antigay politics.
Oct 12, 2010 / Kathryn Joyce
At Tea Party Convention, Lou Dobbs Avoids Immigration Issues At Tea Party Convention, Lou Dobbs Avoids Immigration Issues
Most of the 2,800 Tea Partiers at a two-day convention in Virginia either hadn’t heard of or didn’t care about the controversy over Lou Dobbs's reliance on the labor of...
Oct 11, 2010 / Laura Stampler
Slide Show: November Races for Progressives to Watch Slide Show: November Races for Progressives to Watch
Sharron Angle’s attempt to oust Nevada Senator Harry Reid is one of the tightest and ugliest races this year, complete with real-life brawling. Left-leaning voters are disapp…
Oct 7, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Barbarians on the TV Screen Barbarians on the TV Screen
Eric on the continuing debacle at TNR, Reed's opinion on editorial endorsements and the mail.
Oct 7, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Lou Dobbs, American Hypocrite Lou Dobbs, American Hypocrite
While he railed against "illegals," undocumented immigrants tended to his estates and prize horses. A special Nation investigative report.
Oct 7, 2010 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald
The Assault on Healthcare Reform The Assault on Healthcare Reform
Conservative groups backed by wealthy donors are attacking the legislation at the state level.
Oct 6, 2010 / Feature / Nicholas Kusnetz
Make It Legal Make It Legal
Undocumented workers are so thoroughly woven into the fabric of our economy that even two professional immigrant-bashers, Lou Dobbs and Meg Whitman, have found it difficult to avoi...
Oct 6, 2010 / The Editors
She Bop She Bop
Masturbation is normal, natural and good for you; you wouldn't know it from the hours of talk-media devoted to winks and nudges over the adventures of Christine O'Donnell.
Oct 6, 2010 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Barbarians at the Gate Barbarians at the Gate
American conservatism is poised to come to (legislative) power, just as it runs itself off the rails.
Oct 6, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman