Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Campaign finance and the big deal with John Edwards.
Jan 22, 2010 / Eric Alterman
UN Diplomat Lost to Haiti’s Earthquake UN Diplomat Lost to Haiti’s Earthquake
Among the dead in Haiti are the UN workers who were trying to make the nation a better place.
Jan 22, 2010 / Feature / Dan Bischoff
Air America’s Fall Air America’s Fall
In the wake of Air America's sad demise, the rightwing blogs are predictably crowing.
Jan 22, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Around The Nation Around The Nation
This was a rough week for progressives. But will it be our Waterloo--or a turning point? Here's a piece I did for the Wall Street Journal, "Give Up onPost-Partisanship.&...
Jan 22, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Video: Change Won’t Come Easy Video: Change Won’t Come Easy
Katrina vanden Heuvel urges Democrats to mobilize their base and stop making damaging compromises with the Right.
Jan 22, 2010 / GRITtv
Nation Pushes IMF to Cancel Haiti’s debt Nation Pushes IMF to Cancel Haiti’s debt
Amid mounting public pressure and calls for restructuring from The Nation, the IMF turns its $100 million loan to Haiti into a grant.
Jan 22, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
The Breakdown: Can Healthcare Reform Be Saved? The Breakdown: Can Healthcare Reform Be Saved?
In the wake of the surprising loss in Massachusetts on Tuesday, the future of healthcare reform has become uncertain. The Nation's DC Editor Christopher Hayes and special guest Rya...
Jan 22, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Coakley DID Define Herself. More’s the Pity. Coakley DID Define Herself. More’s the Pity.
I hate to nit-pick, but is it possible that Martha Coakley lost her bid to become Senator of Massachusetts not because people knew her too little but because they just might have k...
Jan 22, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Petraeus Gets It Wrong Petraeus Gets It Wrong
Yesterday, I had a chance to question General David Petraeus about President Obama's Afghan timetable, and what he had to say leads one to suspect that if Petraeus, McChrystal, and...
Jan 22, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Conan O’Brien for Treasury Secretary Conan O’Brien for Treasury Secretary
As the Democrats hysterically reel away from heath care reform in the wake of Scott ("My daughters are available") Brown's win in Massachusetts, I'd like to suggest the s...
Jan 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan