Handcuffing 7-Year-Olds Won’t Make Schools Safer Handcuffing 7-Year-Olds Won’t Make Schools Safer
After Newtown, policy-makers are making schools more like prisons—at the expense of those they should be protecting.
Feb 26, 2013 / Chase Madar
Another Ad Attacks McConnell on Gun Control Another Ad Attacks McConnell on Gun Control
A progressive group’s message reminds viewers that the Kentucky senator is taking money from the industry.
Feb 25, 2013 / George Zornick
What Would Hitler and Stalin Do? What Would Hitler and Stalin Do?
Jack-booted thugs are here to take away your guns.
Feb 19, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
This Week: Obama Calls for Jobs Over Austerity This Week: Obama Calls for Jobs Over Austerity
Highlights from The Nation's coverage of the State of the Union Address.
Feb 17, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America Isn’t Broke. Its Priorities Are. America Isn’t Broke. Its Priorities Are.
In his State of the Union address, the president reminded us that “deficit reduction is not an economic plan.” Will he be able to hold off the austerity-mongerers?
Feb 13, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In Reversal, the NRA Embraces States’ Rights In Reversal, the NRA Embraces States’ Rights
Opponents of gun control spent the last twenty years undermining local approaches to gun policy.
Feb 11, 2013 / Sam Kleiner
President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And … President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And …
The president should condemn violence at home, and hold himself accountable for violence abroad, as well.
Feb 8, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Does Mitch McConnell’s Pro-Gun Stance Threaten His 2014 Chances? Does Mitch McConnell’s Pro-Gun Stance Threaten His 2014 Chances?
New polling shows McConnell is vulnerable on his gun industry money and anti-gun law stance.
Feb 8, 2013 / George Zornick
Shut Down the Merchants of Death Shut Down the Merchants of Death
It’s time to end the sale of military-style assault weapons to civilians.
Feb 7, 2013 / Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Does Obama Really Shoot Skeet? Who Cares? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Does Obama Really Shoot Skeet? Who Cares?
As the Washington media gleefully covers the skeet shooting photo, real issues like joblessness get left left by the wayside.
Feb 5, 2013 / Press Room