Teddy Roosevelt Was Right: Ban ALL Corporate Contributions Teddy Roosevelt Was Right: Ban ALL Corporate Contributions
What to do about the decision by U.S. Supreme Court to -- in the words of Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold -- "(ignore) important principles of judicial restraint and respect f...
Jan 21, 2010 / John Nichols
Obama and the Long View Obama and the Long View
Confident in the long-term impact of his policy decisions, Obama rarely gets flustered by short-term shifts in political fortune.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Taking on the Banksters Taking on the Banksters
As I've written previously, The Nation is a community defined by spirited--often fractious--debate. But when it comes to what we'retaking away from the Democratic lo...
Jan 21, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster
It's time to banish the word "looting" from the media vocabulary in times of disaster.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
The Love We Lost The Love We Lost
Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.
Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
The Haiti Haters The Haiti Haters
In this moment of death and destruction, we should not turn away.
Jan 21, 2010 / Amy Wilentz
What Haiti Is Owed What Haiti Is Owed
For much of Haiti's existence, foreign powers have used debt not just to control but to plunder it.
Jan 21, 2010 / The Editors
Massachusetts Meltdown Massachusetts Meltdown
What the wake-up call is really telling us.
Jan 21, 2010 / The Editors
Free Nazia Quazi Free Nazia Quazi
How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?
Jan 21, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché
The first decade of filmmaking belonged to one woman alone: Alice Guy Blaché.
Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl