US Special Operations Forces Are in More Countries Than You Can Imagine US Special Operations Forces Are in More Countries Than You Can Imagine
What do you know about the special forces carrying out a secret war in more than half the nations on the planet?
Jan 20, 2015 / Nick Turse
A 2016 Debate We Need A 2016 Debate We Need
Editor’s Note: Each week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. On Tuesday, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address to a Congress ruled by Republicans. The president has two years left in his second term, but political Washington is so focused on the 2016 presidential race that even the president’s speech is evaluated for its effect on the race. Presidential campaigns start earlier and earlier, but seem to get emptier and emptier. Already the media is hyping the coming horse race, laying odds on who is in and who isn’t, positioning one candidate against another, treating reform ideas like fashions on a Hollywood red carpet, judged only in relation to the competition. Already the money primary has started, with political contenders dutifully lining up like beauty contestants at big money donor gatherings. Please support our journalism. Get a digital subscription for just $9.50! On the Republican side, contenders seem to be tripping over one another, with a baker’s dozen or more considering the race. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton has already built a campaign in waiting, even before announcing her exploratory committee. Activists hoping to avoid a Clinton coronation have launched a “draft Warren” movement, to push Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren into the race. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former senator Jim Webb are also considering a run. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Read Next: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Bill Moyers
Jan 20, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Can Wall Street Take Down Big Pharma? Can Wall Street Take Down Big Pharma?
A Dallas hedge-fund operator says he's going to attack the pharmaceutical industry for over-pricing drugs.
Jan 20, 2015 / William Greider
January 20, 1937: FDR Is Inaugurated for the Second Time January 20, 1937: FDR Is Inaugurated for the Second Time
“A thin but pleasant sort of rhetoric” suffused FDR’s second inaugural address, The Nation thought.
Jan 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
A National Day of Service Is No Honor to MLK A National Day of Service Is No Honor to MLK
Service, without activism, doesn’t capture King’s true radicalism.
Jan 19, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Black Lives Matter—at School, Too Black Lives Matter—at School, Too
In the wake of the Ferguson uprising, black students nationwide are indicting the state violence they face in American education everyday.
Jan 19, 2015 / George Joseph
January 19, 1809: Edgar Allen Poe Is Born January 19, 1809: Edgar Allen Poe Is Born
Why does Europe so love Poe? The Nation’s Simeon Strunsky asked on the writer’s 100th birthday. Because in him “she has caught the true voice of the young world b...
Jan 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Dr. Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali and What Their Secret Friendship Teaches Us Today Dr. Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali and What Their Secret Friendship Teaches Us Today
Dr. Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali shared a bond in their commitment against war and for social justice. It wasn’t a popular bond and it deserves to be remembered.
Jan 18, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Obama’s Smart Economic (and Political) Calculus: Tax the Rich Obama’s Smart Economic (and Political) Calculus: Tax the Rich
The president will use his State of the Union Address to propose new taxes and fees on very rich people and very big banks.
Jan 18, 2015 / John Nichols
January 18, 1919: The Peace Conference Convenes at Paris January 18, 1919: The Peace Conference Convenes at Paris
The Nation’s editor reports from the conference, where he laments the absence of women, workers and communists.
Jan 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac