Dick Cheney: Gay Rights Champion Dick Cheney: Gay Rights Champion
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who has never been as comfortable fighting the culture wars as most conservatives, has endorsed the repeal of the Pentagon's failed "Don't A...
Feb 14, 2010 / John Nichols
Justice at Last? Justice at Last?
Justice may finally be imaginable for Edna Glover and her family. The charred remains of her son Henry were discovered in the burnt hulk of a car on a levee overlooking the Mississ...
Feb 13, 2010 / Esther Kaplan
Around The Nation Around The Nation
The Nation is excited to announce that our March 8th issue (which goes live at TheNation.com next Thursday) marks the debut of Melissa Harris-Lacewell's new column, Sister Citizen....
Feb 13, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Medals for Olympics Opener No Medals for Olympics Opener
Not to be too tough on the organizers of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics, but how come someone else had to sing the Leonard Cohen song?
Feb 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Nation Contributors on Love: 144 Years of Romance and Skepticism Nation Contributors on Love: 144 Years of Romance and Skepticism
Over fourteen decades, The Nation has criticized, supported, debated, satirized and glorified what Valentine's Day stands for: love, sex and marriage.
Feb 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
Exchange: Katha Pollitt and Alexander Cockburn on the Hispanic Crime Rate Exchange: Katha Pollitt and Alexander Cockburn on the Hispanic Crime Rate
How groundbreaking is research showing that Hispanics have a crime rate comparable to white Americans? Katha Pollitt and Alexander Cockburn debate.
Feb 12, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn and Katha Pollitt
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Zinn-ophobia at NPR, Alzheimer's and sports.
Feb 12, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Christopher Hitchens: Sporting Fool Christopher Hitchens: Sporting Fool
Nuance is the mortal enemy of essayist Christopher Hitchens.
Feb 12, 2010 / Dave Zirin
The New Deal in Reverse The New Deal in Reverse
How could Barack Obama have ended up, one year later, where Franklin Delano Roosevelt began?
Feb 12, 2010 / Feature / Steve Fraser
The Hero of the Orange Revolution Poisons Ukraine The Hero of the Orange Revolution Poisons Ukraine
No politician has ever suffered a more humiliating rejection than the former leader of Ukraine's Orange Revolution and its current sitting president, Viktor Yushchenko.