Political Ideologies

Our Obama Bargain (Part 3 of 3): Obama in Indonesia

Our Obama Bargain (Part 3 of 3): Obama in Indonesia Our Obama Bargain (Part 3 of 3): Obama in Indonesia

How did spending his formative years in the shadow of genocide help form the president’s character?

Jan 24, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Yes, He Can: Twenty Ways Obama Can Use Executive Power to Push a Progressive Agenda

Yes, He Can: Twenty Ways Obama Can Use Executive Power to Push a Progressive Agenda Yes, He Can: Twenty Ways Obama Can Use Executive Power to Push a Progressive Agenda

From Cuba to climate change to criminal justice, progressives must push the president to act—and forge a better future.

Jan 24, 2013 / Feature / The Editors

Readers Respond: How Should Obama Flex His Executive Muscle? Readers Respond: How Should Obama Flex His Executive Muscle?

Nation readers provided good ideas—and a bit of wariness—when asked how Obamas should use his presidential authority.

Jan 24, 2013 / Feature / The Editors

From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall

From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall

President Obama’s symbolic recognition of minorities isn’t a substitute for policy, but it does matter.

Jan 23, 2013 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

GOP Version2013: Battling Not Just Democrats but Democracy

GOP Version2013: Battling Not Just Democrats but Democracy GOP Version2013: Battling Not Just Democrats but Democracy

After the “Virginia Coup,” where Republican legislators gerrymandered election lines, does anyone doubt that Reince Priebus is serious about rigging the Electoral Colle...

Jan 23, 2013 / John Nichols

RNC’s Priebus Proposes to Rig Electoral College so Losing Republicans Can ‘Win’

RNC’s Priebus Proposes to Rig Electoral College so Losing Republicans Can ‘Win’ RNC’s Priebus Proposes to Rig Electoral College so Losing Republicans Can ‘Win’

By changing the distribution of electoral votes to rely on results of gerrymandered congressional districts, Priebus plan would game the system for GOP.

Jan 14, 2013 / John Nichols

Banned From TV on Conventional Wisdom’s Holy Day, Ornstein and Mann Briefly Return

Banned From TV on Conventional Wisdom’s Holy Day, Ornstein and Mann Briefly Return Banned From TV on Conventional Wisdom’s Holy Day, Ornstein and Mann Briefly Return

The centrist pundits do their first mainstream Sunday talk show since they blamed the mainstream media for not blaming Republicans. 

Jan 11, 2013 / Leslie Savan

The Twisted History—and Future—of Gun Control

The Twisted History—and Future—of Gun Control The Twisted History—and Future—of Gun Control

Rick Perlstein joins Bryce Covert and George Zornick to explore the serpentine shifts and strange bedfellows of gun control politics.

Jan 11, 2013 / The Nation

How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 2)

How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 2) How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 2)

Ronald Reagan was an early adopter of, and key propagandist for, gun culture's vigilante turn.

Jan 10, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 1)

How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 1) How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 1)

The turn in American firearms culture from the province of sportsman to one of macho revenge fantasies started in the 1960s.

Jan 9, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

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