Going Bulworth Going Bulworth
In the film Bulworth, a senator up for re-election starts calling it like it is. Mired in a second-term funk, why doesn’t Obama do the same?
May 21, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part One) Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part One)
Beware rocks that Republicans will be looking under at the confirmation hearings for President Obama’s Commerce Secretary-designee.
May 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
John Nichols: Time for the Austerity Hawks to Check Their Math John Nichols: Time for the Austerity Hawks to Check Their Math
Recent findings from Amherst College deal a major blow to austerity-friendly calculations—which the mathemeticians themselves acknowledge.
May 2, 2013 / Press Room
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: George W. Bush Opens His Presidential Library & Collective Amnesia Reigns This Week in ‘Nation’ History: George W. Bush Opens His Presidential Library & Collective Amnesia Reigns
The Nation's archive helps us remember.
Apr 27, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Bush Presidency, Undead The Bush Presidency, Undead
With the opening of George W's presidential library, pundits are rushing to whitewash the memory of those years of folly.
Apr 26, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead
Obama’s “chained CPI” saves only half of what the estate tax exemption loses. Do dead millionaires really matter more than Social Security?
Apr 25, 2013 / William Greider
Searching for the Praetorian Guard at the George W. Bush Museum Searching for the Praetorian Guard at the George W. Bush Museum
Cheney and Rove are “essentially invisible” at Bush’s museum. But they sure weren’t during his presidency.
Apr 25, 2013 / John Nichols
Paul Ryan’s Austerity Agenda Relies on Bad Math, Coding Errors and a ‘Significant Mistake’ Paul Ryan’s Austerity Agenda Relies on Bad Math, Coding Errors and a ‘Significant Mistake’
The House Budget Committee chairman cites a study that says high debt stalls growth—but the economists responsible for the paper admit they made a "significant mistake.&...
Apr 18, 2013 / John Nichols
Wanted: A Progressive Mayor Wanted: A Progressive Mayor
After two decades of Republican rule, will New York finally elect a progressive to City Hall?
Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy
Obama’s Chained-CPI Social Security Cut Is Smart Politics… for the GOP Obama’s Chained-CPI Social Security Cut Is Smart Politics… for the GOP
Smart Democrats know that getting on the wrong side of the austerity debate could strike a "damning blow" to the party's 2014 prospects.
Apr 14, 2013 / John Nichols