Wild About Harry
D.D. Guttenplan
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Taking a cue from FDR, Britain launches the New Deal of the Mind.
The Editors on the Pentagon budget, D.D. Guttenplan on Britain's New Deal of the Mind, David Milne on Wilsonian democracy
D.D. Guttenplan
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Taking a cue from FDR, Britain launches the New Deal of the Mind.
Jeff Chang : Creating jobs for artists--good for the economy and even better for the imagination.
Katherine Newman & Rourke O'Brien : Southern governors' resistance to the federal stimulus package has deep roots.
Christian Parenti : The planet's future depends largely on the fate of China's nascent wind sector.
Peter Schrag
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Drug prohibition and unregulated guns gave us the Mexican drug wars.
Michael T. Klare : The ghosts of Vietnam are everywhere, as counterinsurgency makes a comeback in the Pentagon budget.
Christopher Hayes : The Virginia senator's willingness to take up this cause is evidence that the culture gap may be closing.
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John Nichols on Michelle Obama's garden, R.H. Lossin on bounced-check fees, David Cole on the rule of law, Russian kudos for Stephen F. Cohen
Jonathan Schell : Obama's promise to move toward disarmament is not the same as achieving it.
John Nichols
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It's time for the GOP to end this charade.
James Longenbach : Writing a biography of the mind of Shakespeare is a challenge that requires the ingenuity of an artist.
Michelle Orange : A Life in Letters as chronicled by the determinedly elusive Graham Greene.
David Milne
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More than any other president's, the luster of Woodrow Wilson's legacy corresponds with vogues in foreign policy.
Alexander Cockburn
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Life sentences without possibility of parole contribute to the ever-expanding gulag of our criminal justice system.
Katha Pollitt : We take it for granted that when men hit, it's up to women to run away. Except, some of them stay.
Naomi Klein : All is not well in Obamafanland, as disenchanted supporters entertain the possibility that he is not, in fact, going to save the world.
Nation Audio : Listen to full audio of The Nation's spirited Washington DC forum, "Obama @ 100: A Progress Report from The Nation."
William Greider : When great crimes are committed--by the big dogs of Wall Street or those who torture in our name--they will either bully their way out or be called to account. Is Obama tough enough to do what's right?
The Colbert Report : In response to GOP Senator Orrin Hatch's attempt to cash in on his trademark vocal style, Colbert belts out some patriotic tunes.
Brave New Films : The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel argues for a targeted and smart diplomatic approach to Afghanistan in the second installment of a three-part debate.
Robert Scheer : We're being robbed. A scathing report by the Treasury Department's inspector general says the TARP program is mismanaged and rife with potential fraud.
Cora Currier : A new film offers a nuanced and inspiring portrait of the role hip-hop activists have played in the politics of Senegal.
Dave Zirin : The New York Yankees are forcing the owner's religious and political beliefs on every fan admitted to its $1.5 billion cathedral of baseball. How long can they get away with it?
Images that capture the challenges facing the environment and the reforms that may help save it.
Funny or Die : Alicia Silverstone, Lance Bass and several other stars join forces to spoof the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage ad.
The Daily Show : Jon Stewart surveys the misdirected outrage Obama's release of the Bush administration's torture memos has provoked on the right.
Barbara Crossette : By choosing to boycott the UN conference on racism, the United States has increased the clout of Iran's Ahmadinejad and undermined global efforts to defeat intolerance.
The Daily Show : British correspondent John Oliver attends a tax day protest to see what has the colonists' knickers in a twist.
Mark Hertsgaard : The First Lady hopes to entice Americans away from their junk food past to a healthier, more delicious future.
Michael Moran : Free news delivered via search engine is part of the same freeloading zeitgeist that has shattered the larger economy. Newspapers need to draw the line.
Brave New Films : The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel explains the trap of military escalation in Afghanistan in the first of a three-part debate.
American News Project : A close-up snapshot of the 'toxic assets' on the balance sheet of bailout-recipient Flagstar Bank Corp.
The Colbert Report : The (totally straight) Colbert Coalition has formed to oppose same-sex marriage--and make a commercial about it.
Benjamin Dangl : Barack Obama encounters Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for the first time at the Summit of the Americas, and the future of US-Latin America relations takes a new turn.
Brian Kahn : A woman of passion and principle traces the history of the American left. At 101, she's still with us.
Dave Zirin : Despite all their well-deserved success, the UConn women's basketball team struggles in the shadow of their megalomaniacal coach Geno Auriemma.
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.
Images that capture the president's challenges, successes, strengths and weaknesses during his first months in office.
Brave New Films : Journalists, academics and an Afghani presidential candidate the costs of the US involvement in the war and rebuilding in Afghanistan.
Cover art by Ennis Carter, Design for Social Impact; design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels