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Renewing America (Executive Branch, Politics)

With realism, grit and hope, Obama begins a new era: his first hundred days will be a decisive test of his resolve and vision.

The Editors
Ten Questions for a New President (Executive Branch, Politics)
Slide Show: Historic Moments From Inauguration Day (Executive Branch, Politics)
What Obama Means to the World (Executive Branch, Foreign Affairs, Politics)

Coming to terms with a black American not as a symbol of protest, but as a symbol of power.

Gary Younge
Drowning Our Sorrows, Lifting a Glass (Bush Administration, Executive Branch, Politics)

A sobering toast to the dubious achievements of the worst president in American history.

Patricia J. Williams
For Progressive Patriotism (Executive Branch, Politics)

Love of country is expressed not just by civic virtue, but economic rights, rule of law and fair distribution of the nation's resources.

John Nichols
Bob Herbert Questions Obama's Afghanistan Policy (Executive Branch, Regions and Countries, Politics)

The New York Times columnist compares Obama's current Afghanistan strategy to JFK's escalation of Vietnam in the early 1960s.

The Rachel Maddow Show
The Nation's Chris Hayes on Obama's Gupta Pick (Healthcare Policy, Executive Branch, Politics)

The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses Obama's controversial choice of Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General.

Countdown
Gaza Clouds Obama's Prospects (Executive Branch, Regions and Countries, Politics)

So, why didn't they give peace a chance? Why did the leaders of Hamas and Israel not wait for the incoming US president's inauguration before mutually escalating hostilities?

Robert Scheer
Q and A with Lakhdar Brahimi: What Next for Gaza? (Executive Branch, Regions and Countries, Politics)

Lakhdar Brahimi, a leading UN troubleshooter in the Middle East weighs in on the crisis in Gaza and speculates on how it may affect Obama's presidency.

Barbara Crossette

Blogs

Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now
Josh Eidelson

The head of the National Domestic Workers Alliance discusses disappointments dealt by Democratic politicians, the challenges of sustaining non-union labor groups and how to confront the coming care crisis.

April 5, 2013
From the Right-Wing Media to the US Senate: Making Up Stuff to Bring Down Hagel
Greg Mitchell

Of course the defense nominee wasn't receiving funds from the made-up “Friends of Hamas.” But such coverage plays to Republicans’ agenda, regardless of its truthfulness.

February 21, 2013
Twelve Questions Progressives Should Ask Jack Lew
John Nichols

Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary has spent the better part of four decades going back and forth through the revolving door from Washington to Wall Street. Which side is he on?

January 10, 2013
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Focus the Secretary of State Debate on Policy, Not Politics
Nation in the News

Partisan predictions for the presiden’s nominee have drowned out the real conversation on Obama’s foreign policy priorities. 

December 18, 2012
Questions for John Kerry, President Obama's New Pick for Secretary of State
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The nomination of a secretary of state gives the Senate the opportunity to probe the administration’s foreign policy priorities.

December 18, 2012
Bernanke for Treasury Secretary?
William Greider

The Fed chairman has been making the case for jobless Americans that normally in the past is made most strenuously by liberal Democrats.

November 20, 2012
The Endless Drone Killing Program
Bob Dreyfuss

The Washington Post investigative piece is truly frightening. The “Global War on Terror” goes on and on. 

October 24, 2012
Neoconjobs
Eric Alterman

The Obama administration's quiet reponse to a 2010 bombing in Georgia contrasts with the macho foreign policy vision Mitt demonstrated with his response to riots in the Arab world this week.

September 13, 2012
Will Britain's Libor Scandal Finally Force Real Bank Reform in the US?
John Nichols

The head of the Bank of England now says bankers’ lies about interest rates “meet my definition of fraud.” Will US officials finally crack down?

July 17, 2012
What Pelosi and the Black Caucus Get About the Next GOP Strategy
John Nichols

The walkout by CBC members and the House Democratic leader was exactly the right response to the Holder contempt vote. Indeed, it’s a model for future fights.

June 29, 2012
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