Politics

Working Families Party: Still Fighting for Working People Working Families Party: Still Fighting for Working People

Support the Working Families Party—a real progressive alternative.

Oct 13, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Who’s Afraid of Progressive Power?

Who’s Afraid of Progressive Power? Who’s Afraid of Progressive Power?

The Working Families Party faces down the corporate backlash.

Oct 13, 2010 / Feature / Alyssa Katz

The Bank of America Mortgage Settlement Fiasco

The Bank of America Mortgage Settlement Fiasco The Bank of America Mortgage Settlement Fiasco

Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of Countrywide Financial, has just agreed to pay $67.5 million SEC fine. But the landmark 2008 settlement with Bank of America, which had acquired Country...

Oct 13, 2010 / Feature / Alex Ulam

Conversation: Greg Mitchell on Politics and Media Manipulation Conversation: Greg Mitchell on Politics and Media Manipulation

The Nation's Media Fix blogger Greg Mitchell takes us back to the origins of media campaigning with Upton Sinclair's 1934 bid for California governor.

Oct 13, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas

Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas Slide Show: The GOP’s Worst Ideas

Montana’s GOP is also calling for the outlawing of homosexuality—supporting the arrest and incarceration of people whose only “crime” is their sexual orient…

Oct 13, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Will Sex Appeal Trump Substance in the Midterm Elections? Will Sex Appeal Trump Substance in the Midterm Elections?

The Nation's Betsy Reed and Esquire's Tom Junod debate the appeal of female Republican candidates—and whether the conserva-femmes are actually good for women.

Oct 13, 2010 / Press Room

Will Sex Appeal Trump Substance in the Midterm Elections? Will Sex Appeal Trump Substance in the Midterm Elections?

The Nation's Betsy Reed and Esquire's Tom Junod debate the appeal of female Republican candidates—and whether the conserva-femmes are actually good for women.

Oct 13, 2010 / MSNBC

Tasing Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart’s Jokes and CNN’s Double Standards

Tasing Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart’s Jokes and CNN’s Double Standards Tasing Rick Sanchez: Jon Stewart’s Jokes and CNN’s Double Standards

The cool kid bullied the uncool kids in the Stewart/Sanchez affair, while CNN, like a cowed principal, ran from the crossfire.

Oct 13, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Carly Fiorina Is a Job Killer Carly Fiorina Is a Job Killer

New video offers a detailed report on Carly Fiorina's record as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.

Oct 12, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Briefing: Ari Berman & Karen Finney on Mobilizing the Democratic Base Briefing: Ari Berman & Karen Finney on Mobilizing the Democratic Base

As the Tea Partiers and the GOP's committed base amp up their efforts ahead of the fast-approaching midterms, the Democrats can't match the right's fervor. Where did they go so w...

Oct 12, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

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