Slide Show: From Prohibition to Prop 19 Slide Show: From Prohibition to Prop 19
You can read all of the pieces in The Nation’s special issue on drug policy here.
Dec 9, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Questions for the Drug Czar Questions for the Drug Czar
On October 1, just one month before Californians voted on Proposition 19, Sasha Abramsky spoke by phone with Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Poli...
Dec 9, 2010 / Sasha Abramsky
Progressive Holiday Gift Guide Progressive Holiday Gift Guide
A primer for buying gifts that your will make the earth a better place -- and that your friends will like!
Dec 9, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
First, They Came for WikiLeaks. Then… First, They Came for WikiLeaks. Then…
WikiLeaks has embraced the ethics that guide traditional news outlets' disclosure of secrets. It should be afforded the same protections.
Dec 9, 2010 / The Editors
Tax Cuts Forever? Tax Cuts Forever?
Republicans have spent their postelection victory lap fearmongering over the deficit. But now they've insisted all Bush tax cuts be extended, at great price to the national debt.
Dec 9, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Our Editor-in-Chief President Our Editor-in-Chief President
Reed talks media and Obama's tax cut compromise, and argues that the best political route doesn't always cut straight down the middle of the road.
Dec 9, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Noted. Noted.
Liza Featherstone on the class action gender discrimination suit against Wal-Mart; John Nichols on net neutrality
Dec 9, 2010 / Various Contributors
WikiLeaking Covert Wars WikiLeaking Covert Wars
The latest WikiLeaks dump has corroborated, in part, what sources recently told The Nation about covert military actions in over seventy-five countries.
Dec 9, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang
If Obama is looking for a reason to scale back his foreign policy ambitions, the GOP takeover of the House is the perfect excuse.
Dec 9, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Rebalancing Drug Policy Rebalancing Drug Policy
A special Nation forum, with contributions from Ethan Nadelmann, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, Tracy Velázquez, David Cole and Laura Carlsen.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Various Contributors