An Inauguration for the Ages

• Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up?

  Barack Obama

  Robert Scheer: What's up with Barack Obama? Finally someone has a good idea about how to deal with Wall Street and the White House condemns it.

• A Year of Obama

  Barack Obama

  Alexander Cockburn: Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.

• Slide Show: The Obama Youth

  Barack Obama

  The Nation presents images of a unique moment in time: when America's youth rallied and organized in record numbers for the 2008 election.

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• Can China's Wind Save the World?

  Energy

  Brett Story: The Nation's Christian Parenti explains how the growing industry of wind turbines can reduce harmful pollution and ultimately wean China off its coal addiction.

• 'Drop the Rock': Repeal Unfair Drug Laws

  Drug Policy/Drug War

  Brett Story: The change in leadership at the New York state level seems poised to make a dramatic change to the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws.

• Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Meltdown

  U.S. Economy

  Brett Story: Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains what drove the US economy off a cliff and what steps need to be taken to rectify the situation.