Nation Topics - Barack Obama | The Nation

In the next four years—and beyond—progressives must create the political space for the president to represent the majority of Americans.

We won, but at what cost? Fool me once, shame on Obama, but fool me twice and I’m the one responsible.

The future of US global power is in space warfare. 

In this election, the deepest division was over whether we are all in this together. 

A vote for Obama in a swing state is a no-brainer, because, on a host of issues, there is a vast partisan difference that should not be ignored.

I wish, just once, an endorsement of a Democratic presidential candidate would mull over some serious structural issues that are at stake.

After the first presidential debate, the media follow-up focused almost exclusively on its theatrics and the implications for the “horse race.”

The impact of an Obama presidency is better answered by partisanship than race—but race still matters.

Young voters gave Obama a decisive win in 2008. Four years later, the love affair is on the rocks.

Despite Obama's unquestionably varied record, progressives can't afford four years under a Romney-Ryan presidency.