Articles

Green Energy: A Special Issue Green Energy: A Special Issue

How we can break our addiction to oil. With contributions from Michael T. Klare, Christian Parenti, Mark Hertsgaard and Christine MacDonald.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / The Editors

Clean, Green, Safe and Smart

Clean, Green, Safe and Smart Clean, Green, Safe and Smart

Why the United States needs a new national energy policy.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

The Big Green Buy

The Big Green Buy The Big Green Buy

How Obama can use the government's purchasing power to spark the clean-energy revolution.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Kicking the Oil Habit

Kicking the Oil Habit Kicking the Oil Habit

Louisiana can't go cold turkey: it can only wean itself off oil through an orderly transition.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

The Spill’s Silver Lining?

The Spill’s Silver Lining? The Spill’s Silver Lining?

The BP disaster could be the catalyst for an invigorated environmental movement.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christine MacDonald

The Breakdown: What Is The True Cost Of Gas?

The Breakdown: What Is The True Cost Of Gas? The Breakdown: What Is The True Cost Of Gas?

Imagine that the cost you pay at the pump reflected not only the cost of gas without all of the government tax breaks and subsidies to the oil industry but also the political, heal...

Jul 15, 2010 / Chris Hayes

Slide Show: Green Energy

Slide Show: Green Energy Slide Show: Green Energy

BP’s gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been a disturbing reminder of the toxic nature of our current energy economy. In a special energy issue of The Nation—fe…

Jul 15, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

How Prepared Are We for the Next Great Flu Breakout? How Prepared Are We for the Next Great Flu Breakout?

Why we're losing the war against influenza.

Jul 15, 2010 / John M. Barry

Switzerland’s Polanski Protection Program Switzerland’s Polanski Protection Program

I'd like to get away with a crime, too. How great a writer do I have to be to have the Swiss government protect me?

Jul 15, 2010 / Katha Pollitt

Fifty Years Ago, Democrats Finally Embraced ‘The Rights of Man’—Committing Unequivocally to Civil and Economic Rights Fifty Years Ago, Democrats Finally Embraced ‘The Rights of Man’—Committing Unequivocally to Civil and Economic Rights

Kennedy declared that " 'The Rights of Man'—the civil and economic rights essential to the human dignity of all men—are indeed our goal and are indeed our first pr...

Jul 15, 2010 / John Nichols

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