Nation Conversations

As part ofThe Nations mayoral candidate series, Albanese explains why fixing the education system must begin with a commitment to early learning.

As part ofThe Nations mayoral candidate series, de Blasio gives his views on how to tackle economic inequality, including taxing the wealthy and investing in early childhood education.

Whats next for early childhood education? The Nations Bryce Covert talks with Dana Goldstein and Melissa Lazarin about the policy and politics of universal preschool.

What can we expect from comprehensive immigration reform? In this Nation Conversation, Aura Bogado breaks down the range of possibilities for Americas undocumented.

The New Republics Jonathan Cohn talks withThe Nations Bryce Covert and George Zornick about what Obama canand shouldtackle in his second term.

Obamas order to increase school resource officers only contributes to the worrying rise of the school-to-prison pipeline.

Rick Perlstein joins Bryce Covert and George Zornick to explore the serpentine shifts and strange bedfellows of gun control politics.

What really happened on Capitol Hill this week, and a look ahead to the budget battles on the horizon.

Provoking images of the 2011 protests, unrest and violence is again rocking Egypt after Mohamed Morsis latest power play. On November 26, the Egyptian president issued a decree that gave him nearly absolute power until a new constitution is ratified. The whole point of this revolution was not that people were upset with Mubarak.... They wanted to change the way they were governed, says Nation correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous in this conversation with Associate Editor Liliana Segura.

Mitt Romneys energy plan would roll back 50 years of environmental protections.

Breaking the Silence collects testimonies from Israeli soldiers who served or are serving in the occupied territories.

Unions need to be at the forefront of improving public education across the country.

Occupy activists are moving debt from the personal to the political.

The former DNC chair predicts an Obama victory, says the future of the Supreme Court at stake.

The Republican National Convention in Tampa will give the Democrats plenty to respond to in Charlotte next week.

Indiscriminate shelling is a daily reality in Zabadani, where nonviolent protests turned to guns after the regime began killing protesters.

Romney and his kind turned much of our economy into a betting parlorhow did he ever become a serious candidate for the presidency?

As a bookseller, Amazon has left no corner of the publishing world untouched. What will happen as it ventures into publishing original content?

The WikiLeaks cables not only uncovered extensive Washington influence in the region, it also ushered in a new age of investigative journalism.

How does having too many postage stamps in prison land you alone in a bathroom-sized cell, 23 hours each day for a month?