A Creditable Left A Creditable Left
To recover lost ground, progressives should focus more on civil society than electoral politics.
Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Richard Sennett
The Shelters That Clinton Built The Shelters That Clinton Built
Structurally unsafe and laced with formaldehyde, the "hurricane-proof" classroom trailers installed by the Clinton Foundation in Haiti came from the same company being su...
Jul 11, 2011 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald and Isabeau Doucet
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Are the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Are the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate?
Katrina vanden Heuvel explains how we have to shift the budget debate from one centered around Washington’s debt crisis into one that looks at the full picture of America&rsq...
Jul 11, 2011 / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate?
Katrina vanden Heuvel explains how we have to shift the budget debate from one centered around Washington's debt crisis into one that looks at the full picture of America's jobs cr...
Jul 11, 2011 / CNN
Gerrymandering Democracy: As Wisconsin Recall Elections Approach, GOP Creates New Senate Districts—and Confusion Gerrymandering Democracy: As Wisconsin Recall Elections Approach, GOP Creates New Senate Districts—and Confusion
Governor Scott Walker, Senate majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald Fitzwalkermandered districts: radically altering lines, drawing Democratic incumbents and challen...
Jul 11, 2011 / John Nichols
Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers
Jul 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Betty Ford: Feminist, Social Liberal, Republican Betty Ford: Feminist, Social Liberal, Republican
The former first lady fought for the Equal Rights Amendment, defended Roe v. Wade and worked with NOW. Once upon a time in America, that was not unreasonable to expect of a Re...
Jul 9, 2011 / John Nichols
‘God Has Created You for Heterosexuality’: Clinics Owned by Michele Bachmann’s Husband Practice Ex-Gay Therapy ‘God Has Created You for Heterosexuality’: Clinics Owned by Michele Bachmann’s Husband Practice Ex-Gay Therapy
New evidence reveals that therapists at Marcus Bachmann’s clinics try to “cure” patients of homosexuality.
Jul 8, 2011 / Mariah Blake
As Unemployment Spikes, Obama’s Got a Bigger Problem Than the Debt Ceiling As Unemployment Spikes, Obama’s Got a Bigger Problem Than the Debt Ceiling
The president is wrong to even consider putting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid on the table. Campaign czar David Plouffe is even more wrong to suggest that unemployment is not...
Jul 8, 2011 / John Nichols
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Invoke the 14th Amendment and Avoid a Default Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: Invoke the 14th Amendment and Avoid a Default Crisis
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel argues that its time for the President to take a leadership role on the debt ceiling and invoke the 14th amendment.
Jul 8, 2011 / The Nation