In Defense of Obama’s ‘Hug Diplomacy’ In Defense of Obama’s ‘Hug Diplomacy’
Obama’s foreign policy may be lackluster—but at least it’s better than Bush’s “visionary” drive towards world dominion.
Jan 29, 2015 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Mexico’s Recurring Nightmare Mexico’s Recurring Nightmare
As demonstrators protest the government’s involvement in the disappearance of forty-three students in September, a case with many of the same grim hallmarks is getting renewed atte...
Jan 29, 2015 / Michael Evans
January 29, 1964: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Opens in Theaters January 29, 1964: ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Opens in Theaters
Stanley Kubrick “has taken a whole complex of America’s basic assumptions by the shoulders and given them a rough shaking,” The Nation’s Robert Hatch wrote....
Jan 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
The Main Problem With Obama’s Climate Policy? It Makes No Sense The Main Problem With Obama’s Climate Policy? It Makes No Sense
One week after the president stated that “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” his administration proposes to open up vast stretches of o...
Jan 28, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
What’s the Difference Between Cubans and Haitians? Ask Marco Rubio What’s the Difference Between Cubans and Haitians? Ask Marco Rubio
If Rubio really wanted to position himself for 2016, he could seize on the implications of his question for a broader immigration reform bill: Adjustment for All!
Jan 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin
If Elections Matter for Greece, Why Not for America? If Elections Matter for Greece, Why Not for America?
Voting should have the power to begin the world over again.
Jan 28, 2015 / John Nichols
‘The Nation’ Magazine Names Kai Wright as Features Editor ‘The Nation’ Magazine Names Kai Wright as Features Editor
Provocative, prolific writer and thinker on the politics of race, sex, health, and inequality joins masthead.
Jan 28, 2015 / Press Room
How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else
From criminal justice to workers’ and voting rights to campaign finance, it has defied customs that buttress the Court’s legitimacy.
Jan 28, 2015 / Nan Aron, William Yeomans, and Michelle D. Schwartz
Fox News: The World’s Comic Relief Fox News: The World’s Comic Relief
Our friends abroad give the network the derision and the mockery it deserves.
Jan 28, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Spectacular Incoherence of Race Goes Global The Spectacular Incoherence of Race Goes Global
From Ferguson to France, pliable racial categories are used to mark who counts as fully human—and who does not.
Jan 28, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams