Politics

It’s Time to End the Electoral College It’s Time to End the Electoral College

Here’s how.

Nov 7, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Despite Concerns, Young Voters Tuned In and Turned Out in 2012

Despite Concerns, Young Voters Tuned In and Turned Out in 2012 Despite Concerns, Young Voters Tuned In and Turned Out in 2012

Without the youth vote, Obama woud have lost Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania—and the election.

Nov 7, 2012 / Zoë Carpenter

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jesse Jackson Talk Politics, Religion and the Presidential Race Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jesse Jackson Talk Politics, Religion and the Presidential Race

The reverend and Nation editor appeared together at Columbia University on October 25.

Nov 7, 2012 / Press Room

Back From the Brink Back From the Brink

Social movements must believe in themselves as much as they believe in any politician, and keep fighting for true change. 

Nov 7, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Watch a Colorado GOP Poll Watcher Report a ‘High Concentration of People of Color’ Watch a Colorado GOP Poll Watcher Report a ‘High Concentration of People of Color’

A Republican poll watcher complains that too many people of color were voting in Aurora, Colorado, on Election Day. 

Nov 7, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

Laura Flanders: Last Night Was a Victory for Diverse, Grassroots Movements Laura Flanders: Last Night Was a Victory for Diverse, Grassroots Movements

The election showed US citizens will fight back against the GOP assault on equality. 

Nov 7, 2012 / Press Room

Undeterred by the Long, Slow Line Toward Democracy Undeterred by the Long, Slow Line Toward Democracy

Those long, snaking lines were about more than a vote. The people most battered and excluded from the nation's politics and economy refuse to be ignored.

Nov 7, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Elizabeth Warren Heads to Washington, an Uncompromising Senator for the Left

Elizabeth Warren Heads to Washington, an Uncompromising Senator for the Left Elizabeth Warren Heads to Washington, an Uncompromising Senator for the Left

Her clear-as-a-bell progressive convictions mobilized a massive grassroots base.

Nov 7, 2012 / E.J. Graff

Barack Obama’s Decisive Victory for Liberal Government Barack Obama’s Decisive Victory for Liberal Government

President Obama's re-election marks the most decisive mandate for an assertive, progressive governing model in well over a generation. Here’s why.

Nov 7, 2012 / Ari Melber

Jeremy Scahill: In Obama’s Second Term, Will Democrats Challenge Drones? Jeremy Scahill: In Obama’s Second Term, Will Democrats Challenge Drones?

After last night's re-election, progressives wonder if the US is in for four more years of extrajudicial killings. 

Nov 7, 2012 / Press Room

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