Slide Show: Blackwater’s Youngest Victim Slide Show: Blackwater’s Youngest Victim
The Nation presents images of the aftermath of the Nisour Square massacre, and the father who is trying to hold Blackwater accountable for his son's death.
Jan 28, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
SOTU as National Rorschach Test SOTU as National Rorschach Test
A contemporary State of the Union address is less an assessment of our national circumstances than it is a collective Rorschach test: an inkblot given meaning by the viewer more th...
Jan 28, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Two Cheers for Obama on Foreign Affairs Two Cheers for Obama on Foreign Affairs
It was a pleasure to listen to a State of the Union address, especially after eight years of his predecessor's alarmist warnings and warlike thundering, in which war, terrorism, an...
Jan 28, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History
Howard Zinn, who died in 2010 at the age of 87, did nothing less than rewrite the narrative of the United States.
Jan 28, 2010 / Dave Zirin
“I Never Suggested the Change Would Be Easy” “I Never Suggested the Change Would Be Easy”
Say what you will about Barack Obama. But don't accuse the president of veering from the course he charted at a point when his term was new, his popularity ratings were high and Am...
Jan 28, 2010 / John Nichols
Goodbye Howard Zinn Goodbye Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and the author of the seminal A People's History of the U...
Jan 27, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
NATO’s Role in the Afghanistan Escalation NATO’s Role in the Afghanistan Escalation
As part of an attempt to frame the surge as an important move towards negotiations with the Taliban, NATO countries are set to contribute 7,000 soldiers for the Afghanistan war.
Jan 27, 2010 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Vote of Confidence, Sort of Vote of Confidence, Sort of
Somewhere between cranky and skanky... Sentiments about Ben Bernanke.
Jan 27, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Slideshow: Highs and Lows of Obama at One Slideshow: Highs and Lows of Obama at One
Selections from Nation readers' and Nation contributors' views on Obama's first year and beyond.
Jan 27, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation