Dismantling the Temple
William Greider : How to fix the Federal Reserve.
Jonathan Schell on Robert McNamara, Madison Smartt Bell on Haiti, Calvin Trillin on John Ensign's infidelity
William Greider : How to fix the Federal Reserve.
Jeff Faux : Mexico's troubles illustrate the destructive effects of NAFTA's neoliberal economics.
Sarah Posner : Obama promised to reverse the most egregious aspects of Bush's faith-based policies. So why is he extending them?
Peter Edelman
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Obama wants to repeal many strictures on legal services funding. But more needs to be done.
Jonathan Schell
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The former secretary of defense presided over the deaths of millions--and was one of the only officials to express regret.
: If the vice president ordered the CIA to deceive Congress, he broke the law--and must be held accountable.
: To prevent catastrophic climate change, wealthy nations must pony up on emissions cuts and subsidies to the developing world.
J. Lester Feder
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Advocacy groups have helped to keep the public option on the negotiating table, but it may not remain in the final bill.
David Cay Johnston : Since 1940, Democrats have had far greater success creating jobs than Republicans.
Learn the best bathroom options and soup kitchen schedules, carry a blanket, squat and more.
Maria Margaronis : A new collection of C.P. Cavafy's beautiful, musical poems.
Madison Smartt Bell
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The mutating tensions and alliances of postoccupation Haiti.
Jana Prikryl : Helen Levitt's idiosyncratic photographs.
Alexander Cockburn
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Obama's speech in Ghana neglected to mention structural barriers to African prosperity.
Katha Pollitt : We could bash divorce forever, but what's the point? Even Jesus can't keep unhappy spouses together.
MSNBC : The Nation's editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel clashes with Dan Abrams over the responsibilities of mainstream media.
Marcos Meconi & Joseph Huff-Hannon : Honduran immigrants in New York City discuss their view of recent events that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office.
Countdown : The Nation's Chris Hayes joins guest host Howard Dean for a discussion on the increasingly volatile right-wing fringe group which seems to be gaining traction in the GOP.
GRIT TV : Does healthcare reform stand a chance against the conservatives' antitax fantasies? Rep. Maxine Waters, Columbia Business School Professor Eric Schoenberg and others weigh in.
The Tonight Show : William Shatner, accompanied by bongo drums, re-enacts portions of Sarah Palin's resignation speech in his own classic style.
MSNBC : The Nation's editor and publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, discusses the danger conservative Democrats pose to fixing our broken healthcare system.
Robert Scheer : The Marxists bankers of Beijing are worried about their assets invested in our banana republic.
Christopher Hayes : The future of progressive politics and the nature of the American social contract, not to mention the lives and health of millions of our fellow citizens, are up for grabs.
K. Leander Williams : Rising to the dare of Martial Solal's mischievous piano playing.
Greg Grandin : Honduras's deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, camps out at the border while the military detains hundreds of protesters. Meanwhile, in an echo of the cold war, several political activists have been killed or disappeared in the past month.
Dave Zirin : Public relations is the real reason behind right-wing NFL owners' reluctance to give "ex-con" quarterback Michael Vick a second chance.
Juan Cole : Paranoia over the Pashtuns along the Afghan border isn't unique to Washington, just to empire. The British had a case of it 100 years ago.
VideoNation : The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin discusses the prospect of climate change legislation in 2009: Will the 'ACES' bill, passed in the House, also pass the Senate?
The Daily Show : In her final speech as governor, Sarah Palin criticizes the media, denounces Hollywood and makes veiled Ashley Judd references.
Countdown : The Nation's Chris Hayes explores instances of GOP doublespeak when it comes to government spending in their home states.
Jeremy Scahill : In an exclusive interview with The Nation, Sen. Russ Feingold defends his lone vote to oppose the latest amendment to the Defense Authorization bill.
The Rachel Maddow Show : Nation contributor Melissa Harris-Lacewell weighs in on the troubling trajectory of right-wing race-based attacks on Obama.
Tom Engelhardt : Can the United States turn its back on its own "little house of horrors"?
Babak Sarfaraz : A top candidate to replace the ailing Khamenei is both a clerical traditionalist and a modernizer.
The Daily Show : Despite the overwhelming evidence, right-wingers insist Obama is not a US citizen, spreading rumors on television and the Internet.
Jeremy Scahill : The private security company, facing charges in a US court for killing and injuring Iraqis, is attempting to silence its victims and their lawyers.
GRIT TV : The SEIU's Stephen Lerner, Former BoA employee Chris Feener, and Max Fraad Wolff on the bank's unsavory practices.
Ben Adler : Mass transit fares are going up and services are being cut. Meanwhile, federal stimulus money favors new projects over maintaining existing systems.
Robert Scheer : The news that Congress might terminate production of topline fighter jets comes as a considerable victory for President Obama and Defense Secretary Gates.
Barbara Crossette : On her first trip to India, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got some promises and some pushback on climate change and nuclear weapons.
Tom Engelhardt : The tumultuous American Century in the lives of a father and son.
Images and analysis from The Nation that capture the story of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as she makes history.
William Greider : In naming Phil Angelides as chair of the new Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Congress has picked an aggressive, visionary reformer.
The Daily Show : A salute to the utter ridiculousness of GOP Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina.
Adam Howard : Obama brings the house down at the NAACP centennial celebration with yet another stirring speech on race. But where's the beef?
Tom Hayden : Newly implemented reforms don't do enough to reverse a massive increase in the frisking of minority youths in the Los Angeles community.
Human Rights Watch : A tribute to a top human rights activist murdered in the troubled Russian republic of Chechnya.
Huwaida Arraf : Last month the Israeli Navy seized a boat attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to blockaded Gaza and arrested its passengers, and received little international criticism.
GRIT TV : The Nation's Richard Kim and others discuss the admittedly provocative antics of Sacha Baron Cohen's latest creation.
VideoNation : The Nation's John Nichols looks at the political risks of joblessness, and discusses the need for a second stimulus.
Ann Jones : The new film The Fixer, featuring The Nation's Christian Parenti, captures some edgy, fearful truths about the war in Afghanistan.
Dave Zirin : Why the absence of African-American baseball players matters.
Countdown : Nation contributor Melissa Harris-Lacewell talks to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann about philandering politicians and why their private affairs matter to the public.
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