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
Nation Conversations: The Political Moment Nation Conversations: The Political Moment
A panel moderated by Calvin Trillin with Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jim Hightower, Melissa Harris-Perry, Chris Hayes and John Nichols weigh in on the current political moment and how...
Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation
Ballot Box Blues Ballot Box Blues
The most dispiriting election of a lifetime.
Nov 2, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Michelle Obama Rallies Crowd of 3,500 at UPenn Michelle Obama Rallies Crowd of 3,500 at UPenn
Michelle Obama rallies crowd of 3,500 at UPenn
Nov 2, 2010 / StudentNation / Evan Medina
Midterm Elections Define Presidents Midterm Elections Define Presidents
Love Barack Obama or hate him, don't doubt that what happens in today's elections will determine the direction of his presidency.
Nov 2, 2010 / John Nichols
Suppressing the Vote Suppressing the Vote
From Minnesota to Texas to Illinois, the right is using the myth of voter fraud to challenge potentially millions of eligible voters.
Nov 1, 2010 / Laura Stampler
Be Careful What You Vote for This Election Night Be Careful What You Vote for This Election Night
In a political climate of “sweep the bums out,” there's always the matter of who's sweeping in.
Nov 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The New American Isolationism The New American Isolationism
The cost of turning away from war's horrific realities.
Nov 1, 2010 / William J. Astore
Portland, the Paulsons and Bye-Bye, Baseball Portland, the Paulsons and Bye-Bye, Baseball
The people of Portland stood up to their local sports owners and refused to fund a new park. But team owners Merritt and Hank Paulson made baseball in Portland a casualty of the wa...
Nov 1, 2010 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Ted Sorensen and the Liberal Faith Ted Sorensen and the Liberal Faith
Sorensen: "Nor will I shrink from calling myself a liberal, in the same sense that Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, John and Robert Kennedy, and Harry Truman were liberals&mda...
Nov 1, 2010 / John Nichols