Nader's Debate
David Weigel
At a third-party candidates' debate before a tiny audience in Washington Thursday, Ralph Nader continued to prove he takes this race seriously.
Presidential Campaigns & Elections
Subsections:
2008
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Sarah's Steel Ones
Amy Alexander : Feminism & Women
Her politics are detestable, but can we take a moment to recognize that Sarah Palin is one tough woman?
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Obama vs. Clinton--What Now?
Katrina vanden Heuvel : US Politics & Government
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel debates Pat Buchanan on the cost of war, and why The Nation supports Barack Obama.
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An Unconventional Convention
Oswald Garrison Villard : Political Parties
On Saturday, June 27, 1924, "men and women suddenly rose up after days of utterly degraded and demoralizing vaudeville performances to declaim with passion about two big subjects."
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Superdelegates 101
Ari Berman & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
The Nation's Political Correspondent breaks down who these "superdelegates" really are, and what they could mean to the Clinton/Obama race.
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The Choice
Christopher Hayes & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
On the eve of Super Tuesday, The Nation's DC editor explains why he thinks Barack Obama is the better choice to build a real progressive majority.
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South Carolina, What Could Have Been?
Stephen Colbert : Campaigns & Elections
Inspired by The Nation's intrepid reporting, Stephen Colbert asks what would have been if he'd stayed on the South Carolina ballot.
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'Catastrophic Times' for Black America
Max Fraser : U.S. Economy
The devastating impact of the mortgage crisis on black communities dominated Jesse Jackson's latest economic summit. What solutions does Barack Obama propose?
2007
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YearlyKos Sticks With the Issues
Andrea Batista Schlesinger & Ari Melber : Internet & New Media
A netroots political convention in Chicago aims to transcend the horse race and let the people, not the media, frame the questions put to candidates.
2005
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How to Lose an Election
Jonathan Schell : Democratic Party
A new report by Democratic strategists urges the party to aim toward the center. But what meaningful difference will that make?
2004
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Last Aid to Voters
: History
This essay, from the October 27, 1920, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on presidential politics, click here for information on how to acquire individual access to the Archive--an electronic database of every Nation article since 1865.
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The Shape of Things
This editorial originally appeared in the July 17, 1948 issue of The Nation.
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What's Right With Kerry
David Corn : White-Collar Crime
At key moments, he's displayed guts and taken tough, sometimes lonely, positions.
2003
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The Character Myth
Renana Brooks : George W. Bush
To counter Bush, the Democrats must present a different version of a safe world.
2002
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Ralph, Don't Run
Ronnie Dugger : George W. Bush
We cannot afford another division in our ranks that will help George W. Bush's re-election bid in 2004.
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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