Elections

Broke? Not if Governments Tax the $21 TRILLION Rich Have Offshored Broke? Not if Governments Tax the $21 TRILLION Rich Have Offshored

The enormous sum Romney and his billionaire pals around the world hide from the taxman is enough to pay for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and a whole lot more.

Jul 23, 2012 / John Nichols

American Crossroads, Fox, Produce Romney Campaign Ads American Crossroads, Fox, Produce Romney Campaign Ads

Nominally independent conservative outside groups and media outlets are producing content that is indistinguishable from a Romney campaign ad. 

Jul 23, 2012 / Ben Adler

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/20/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/20/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.  

Jul 20, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Study Links ‘Racial Resentment’ and Voter ID Support Study Links ‘Racial Resentment’ and Voter ID Support

Race and racism continue to determine your attitudes towards voter ID—and whether you can even get one.

Jul 20, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

Presidential Debates Respond to Campaign for Women Moderators

Presidential Debates Respond to Campaign for Women Moderators Presidential Debates Respond to Campaign for Women Moderators

A few high school students organizing online are helping push women’s equality back into the conversation about the presidential debates.

Jul 20, 2012 / Ari Melber

Romney ‘Goes for the Gold’ in London’s Libor Village Romney ‘Goes for the Gold’ in London’s Libor Village

Mitt is using the Olympic opening to collect cash from bankers who are at the center of an international rate-fixing scandal.

Jul 20, 2012 / John Nichols

Romney Mishandles Tax Returns Romney Mishandles Tax Returns

Even Republicans think Romney should release his taxes. He is making a political problem worse by dragging out the process. 

Jul 19, 2012 / Ben Adler

Prominent Romney Defender Has Lobbying Ties to Bain Prominent Romney Defender Has Lobbying Ties to Bain

Former SEC Chair Harvey Pitt has led the defense of Mitt’s non-departure from Bain. But Pitt has Bain ties of his own.

Jul 19, 2012 / Lee Fang

George McGovern at 90: Still a Patriot With a Bleeding Heart George McGovern at 90: Still a Patriot With a Bleeding Heart

McGovern has always practiced a politics that runs deeper; a politics rooted in his love of America’s history, its literature and its possibility.

Jul 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Solyndra and the Republican Outrage Machine Solyndra and the Republican Outrage Machine

Trying to lurch focus away from Romney’s Bain debacle, the GOP is manufacturing a scandal from the ashes of the failed solar start-up. 

Jul 19, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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