Barack Obama Administration

2009

• Obama, One Year On

  Katrina vanden Heuvel : Barack Obama

  Building a new political order will take more than one election.

• Obama: One Year Later, What's Changed?

  GRIT TV

  Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and others discuss what's changed, what's stayed the same and what we still hope to see happen under Obama.

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  Crafting Health Reform

  J. Lester Feder : Health Care Policy

  Healthcare reform is looking less like a fantasy and more like a probability--but we need to keep a close watch on affordability, financing and the public option.

• Just Don't Call It 'Journalism'

  Eric Alterman : Fox News Network

  By refusing to acknowledge Fox News's avowed partisanship, its MSM defenders diminish the work of honest journalists who try to play fair.

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  'War on Terror' II

  Julian Sanchez : War on Terrorism

  Obama makes reassuring noises about constraining executive power and protecting civil liberties, but then adopts whatever appalling policy Bush put in place.

• Obama at the Precipice

  William J. Astore : Afghanistan War

  Will Obama do any better at listening to critics of the Afghan War than Lyndon Johnson did on Vietnam?

• Talking With Tehran

  Robert Dreyfuss : Iran

  Can the United States and Iran negotiate an end to the nuclear standoff?

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  Tuesdays With Rahm

  Christopher Hayes

  The quickest way to Rahm Emanuel's bad side: put progressive pressure on conservative Democrats.

• How to Trap a President in a Losing War

  Tom Engelhardt : Afghanistan War

  Are we heading for a Petraeus Moment in the Afghan War, along with a titanic civilian-military clash of wills?

• Tackling the Titans

  The Editors : Ethical Economics

  If Obama leads, the people will rally to his side. A good way to remind voters of the bold change they voted for last fall: ordering a hard cap on executive pay.

• The War on President Obama's Czars

  Countdown

  The Nation's Chris Hayes weighs in on steady growth of "bizarre mythology" about Obama and the ongoing witchunt aimed at his administration.

• Obama's Last Chance

  Alexander Cockburn

  We crave drama, but we're not getting it, except in the form of racist rallies

• Bush's Third Term?

  David Swanson : George W. Bush Administration

  Imagine that George W. Bush had been allowed a third term as president, had run and had won or stolen it, and that we were all now living (and dying) through it.

• Obama Unshackles Global AIDS Work

  Barbara Crossette : HIV & AIDS

  With the change in Pepfar guidelines, the Obama administration opens new opportunities to link AIDS work and family planning and strengthen health systems in developing countries.

• How Can Obama Win His Base Back?

  Countdown

  Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses Obama's declining poll numbers and what the president needs to do to make a comeback.

• What's Ahead: Obama's Next Six Months

  MSNBC

  The Nation's Ari Melber discusses four major steps that President Obama should undertake to prevent his ratings from declining and gain more support for healthcare reform.

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  Bend It Like Obama?

  Christopher Hayes : Health Care Policy

  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.