Three R's and a Why
Andrea Batista Schlesinger : Youth, Education, & Children
Civics education in schools creates young people who turn into the citizens that our democracy requires.

Andrea Batista Schlesinger : Youth, Education, & Children
Civics education in schools creates young people who turn into the citizens that our democracy requires.
VideoNation
From the annual Netroots Nation conference, The Nation's Ari Melber and Pennsylvania blogger Susie Madrak moderate the first forum between the two candidates.
David Milne : History
More than any other president's, the luster of Woodrow Wilson's legacy corresponds with vogues in foreign policy.
The Rachel Maddow Show
Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tries to avoid admitting he tried to influence the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune.
Robert Scheer
As Obama gets down to work, what assurances do we have that he will break with the past--on an unfair and opaque bailout and the war in Afghanistan?

An unprecedented grassroots campaign swept Barack Obama into office. Now that he's President, what's at stake?
Victor Navasky
On a cool and bright Inaugural Day in Washington, the change an extraordinary leader has promised is beginning to be felt.
Victor Navasky : History
Traveling by train to Washington today, to witness an historic inauguration, summons memories of a very different inauguration, fifty-five years ago.
Faith-based claims about the dangers of big government do not stand up to the evidence.
And one answer: Bush's global 'war on terror' operates on a double standard.
Thomas Frank : George W. Bush Administration
The Bush Administration has simultaneously destroyed a government, left us in the lurch and yet managed to enrich itself.
Radio Nation : Foreign Affairs
Jen Marlowe reports on Darfur, Eli Pariser on MoveOn and a new sex columnist weighs in on Barack and Michelle.
It's their most surprising red-state revival--and Barack Obama's happy dilemma.
Progressive Congressman Robert Wexler discusses his new book and what liberalism means for America.
Tom Engelhardt on oil, Iraq and empire; Ava Lowery on anti-war activism; Mike Connery on the power of young voters.
Brett Story & VideoNation : Bill Clinton
What issues matter to Ohio's blue-collar voters? JoAnn Wypijewski reports from the campaign trail.
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Campaigns & Elections
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel debates Pat Buchanan on the cost of war, and why The Nation supports Barack Obama.
