An Inconvenient Solution
Bill McKibben:In Our Choice, Al Gore explains what must be done. But is there the political will to do it?
Bill McKibben:In Our Choice, Al Gore explains what must be done. But is there the political will to do it?
Richard Kim & Betsy Reed:With enemies like Sarah Palin, who needs friends?
John Nichols:Reid's measure is imperfect. But the majority leader deserves props for ditching the House bill's radical limits on reproductive rights.
John Nichols:Media outlets, politicians claim GM is stablizing itself. Tell that to the thousands of GM employees who are losing their jobs.
Ari Melber:Newsweek assigns Obama coverage to a former Bush aide, without disclosure, and says readers already know his background.
Robert Dreyfuss:From Shanghai: How China sees US strategy in the Middle East, the talks with Iran, and the war in Afghanistan.
Talking Points Memo :Fox News apologizes for accidentally drawing even more attention to The Nation's book criticizing Sarah Palin.
The Rachel Maddow Show :The Nation's Christopher Hayes comments on GOP Rep. Pete Hokestra's decision to leak details of the ongoing Fort Hood investigation.
Saturday Night Live :Glenn Beck, Karl Rove and the rest of the Fox News crew declare the Obama presidency over after just ten months in office.
Thomas J. Sugrue:FDR's first hundred days were unprecedented in their ambition and scope--and anything but politically coherent.
Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act of 1935ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nicholas von Hoffman:Many comparisons have been made between Obama and FDR. But the forty-fourth president will have a very different first 100 days.
Images from the Inauguration, the Lincoln Memorial concert and celebrations in the nation's capital and beyond.

Robert Scheer : Barack Obama
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.

The Nation spotlights the senators, amendments, activists and organizations most likely to derail healthcare reform efforts.
Christopher Hayes : Senate
The filibuster has become a cancer growing inside the world's greatest deliberative body.
Max Blumenthal : Sarah Palin
Why Sarah Palin can't be stopped from going nuclear inside the Republican Party.

William Greider : Democratic Party
Blue Dog Democrats are undermining prospects for financial-industry regulation and reform.
The Editors : Health Care Policy
The House's healthcare reform bill is a first draft of history; as with most first drafts, it has its share of flaws.
Katha Pollitt : Reproductive Rights
Prochoicers have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.

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

More Deficit Idiocy: Politico Edition
| News flash: Government ledgers have two sides!
Christopher Hayes
Man Made Disaster in New Orleans
| The negligence in New Orleans is not only in New Orleans. NOLA verdict makes the case for national infrastructure spending now.
Laura Flanders
Posted at 1:25 PM ET
Toward Copenhagen
| A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan
| President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Posted at 11:11 ET
Forget GM's Plan -- Where's The Government's Plan?
| Create a demand for green cars.
Jane Hamsher
