His 1934 California gubernatorial run created one of the most important mass movements ever, helped push the New Deal to the left -- and inspired the birth of the modern political campaign.
The Working Families Party faces down the corporate backlash.
Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of Countrywide Financial, has just agreed to pay $67.5 million to settle the SEC's civil fraud case. But the landmark 2008 settlement with Bank of America, which had acquired Countrywide earlier that year, has done little to help defrauded homeowners.
Walking the streets of Hebron feels like wandering through a post-apocalyptic video game come to life.
Remembering David Markson (1927–2010), whose playful novels pushed storytelling to the edge of understanding.
In his paintings and travels, Paul Gauguin sought a corner of himself that was still unknown.
Is Super Sad True Love Story the kind of novel Gary Shteyngart might previously have held in contempt?
This election season, we are witnessing an assault on democracy by multinational corporations that, freed by the Citizens United ruling, are out to get the best government money can buy.
When faced with something so painful as gay teen suicide, it's easy to scapegoat child bullies. It's hard to create a world that wants queer youth to live and thrive.
California's problems are well beyond the curative powers of any one governor. If Jerry Brown wins in November, there's no need to nourish foolish hopes.
The real story of Christine O'Donnell's time at the Claremont Institute is how thoroughly she absorbed its viciously antigay politics.
While he railed against "illegals," undocumented immigrants tended to his estates and prize horses. A special Nation investigative report.
An event celebrating The Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp. F...
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