Politics

Video: Job Creators: A Poem by Rep. Gwen Moore Video: Job Creators: A Poem by Rep. Gwen Moore

 Rep. Gwen Moore has a poem for the nation’s so-called job creators. 

Oct 27, 2011 / George Zornick

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/28) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/28)

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. 

Oct 27, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Thirty Years of Unleashed Greed and the Beginnings of Class Warfare Thirty Years of Unleashed Greed and the Beginnings of Class Warfare

Those three decades of rampant upper-crust greed unleashed by the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s will be well marked by future historians recording the death of the American dream.

Oct 27, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Who Is Funding the Wildest School Board Election in the Country? Who Is Funding the Wildest School Board Election in the Country?

Why are conservative interest groups—including representatives of the oil and gas industry—taking sides in a local Denver school board election?

Oct 26, 2011 / Press Room

A Reality Check on Teen Sex A Reality Check on Teen Sex

New York City’s new sex ed curriculum is based on real evidence: very young teens are having sex, and need to know how to stay safe.

Oct 26, 2011 / Dana Goldstein

Noted. Noted.

John Nichols on Ohio Voters v. John Kasich, Jin Zhao on Steve Jobs’s Legacy in China, Dana Frank on Wikileaks Honduras

Oct 26, 2011 / Various Contributors

The GOP Plan That Could Cost Obama the Election

The GOP Plan That Could Cost Obama the Election The GOP Plan That Could Cost Obama the Election

A Republican proposal in Pennsylvania would change the way electoral votes are counted—and the results could spell Obama's defeat in 2012.

Oct 26, 2011 / Rob Richie

Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America

We are losing the war that has been waged by plutocrats against the poor over the past thirty years as wealth has been systematically flowing from the poor to the wealthy.

Oct 26, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Supercommittee Democrats Offer Major Capitulation Supercommittee Democrats Offer Major Capitulation

The supercommittee is now on a strong rightward trajectory, thanks to Senator Max Baucus and other Democrats on the panel. 

Oct 26, 2011 / George Zornick

Paul Ryan: Class Warrior for the Wealthy Paul Ryan: Class Warrior for the Wealthy

Paul Ryan's latest outlandish attack on President Obama proves he's a first-rate demagogue and phony deficit hawk. 

Oct 26, 2011 / Ari Berman

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