Politics

Marijuana Legalization Fails in California Marijuana Legalization Fails in California

Opponents included all the statewide Democratic candidates, and the Obama administration.

Nov 3, 2010 / Jon Wiener

Election Night Primer: The Numbers to Watch Election Night Primer: The Numbers to Watch

Will the GOP get to 218 in the House? To 50 in the Senate? Where does Joe Biden fit in? What about governorships? Legislatures? Redistricting? The fate of the Republic? It's all he...

Nov 2, 2010 / John Nichols

Follow Election Night Live with The Nation! Follow Election Night Live with The Nation!

Results, reactions, and analysis from Nation editors live throughout the night.

Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel on Election Insurrection in Midterms 2010 Katrina vanden Heuvel on Election Insurrection in Midterms 2010

Katrina vanden Heuvel joins a panel of journalists, writers and political strategists to dissect the Democrat's prospects for this year's midterm elections.

Nov 2, 2010 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel on Election Insurrection in Midterms 2010 Katrina vanden Heuvel on Election Insurrection in Midterms 2010

Katrina vanden Heuvel joins a panel of journalists, writers and political strategists to dissect the Democrat's prospects for this year's midterm elections.

Nov 2, 2010 / The Common Good

Tell Us Your Election Day Stories

Tell Us Your Election Day Stories Tell Us Your Election Day Stories

Did you have an observation at the polls today that you'd like to share? A story about something you heard or witnessed? A voting experience you think we should know about? Share y...

Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation

Tempest in a Tea Party?

Tempest in a Tea Party? Tempest in a Tea Party?

Many progressives are going hysterical about a Tea Party takeover. People, get a grip! Here are four dynamics, including TINOs (Tea in Name Only), to watch behind the fright factor...

Nov 2, 2010 / Richard Kim

Slide Show: Nation Readers’ Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century

Slide Show: Nation Readers’ Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century Slide Show: Nation Readers’ Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century

Peter Dreier's list of the fifty most influential progressives of the twentieth century honored the people who moved progressive ideas in America from the marginal to the mainstream, but his list could only include a handful of all those who have contributed to this tradition. We asked our readers to nominate the American progressives who have made the biggest difference in the twentieth century, and Dreier has now created a list of eleven more progressives you told us are deserving of our recognition. You can read Dreier's complete biographies here, with suggestions for further reading.

Nov 2, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Three Polls and One Book to Remember While Watching Results Three Polls and One Book to Remember While Watching Results

It is not a national referendum. It is not launching a new political era. Voters still want government to be effective. Most voters are not angry about the size of government. They...

Nov 2, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Seminars at Sea: Jim Hightower and Chris Hayes on Populism in Politics Seminars at Sea: Jim Hightower and Chris Hayes on Populism in Politics

The impacts of populism on America's political landscape.

Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation

x