Wyclef Jean’s Urgent Cry to Save Haiti Wyclef Jean’s Urgent Cry to Save Haiti

Before Haiti was hit by an earthquake so devastating that the whole world paid notice to that impoverished and frequently neglected land, the singer Wyclef Jean organized the Yele...

Jan 14, 2010 / John Nichols

Is Sarah Palin a Natural Fox? Is Sarah Palin a Natural Fox?

Only after Fox News announced that it had hired Sarah Palin as an "news analyst" did I realize that I've been subconsciously calling her Sarah Fox, Fox Palin, or Sarah Pa...

Jan 14, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Obama at One Obama at One

The Nation asked members of our community and beyond: looking back at Obama's first year in office, what was the high point, and what was your sharpest disappointment?

Jan 13, 2010 / Feature / Various Contributors

Government Regulation’s Value Government Regulation’s Value

Katrina vanden Heuvel wonders if we can radically rethink our economic system.

Jan 13, 2010 / GRITtv

Puzzle No. 994 Puzzle No. 994

ACROSS

 1 What chairmen sometimes do together? They tell what time the stars should appear. (10)

Jan 13, 2010 / Frank W. Lewis

Letters Letters

Flight of the Kestral

Washington, D.C.

Jan 13, 2010 / Our Readers and Jeremy Scahill

World’s Tallest Building Opens in Dubai World’s Tallest Building Opens in Dubai

One question comes to mind.

Jan 13, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Bank CEOs Dodge Responsibility at FCIC Hearings Bank CEOs Dodge Responsibility at FCIC Hearings

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission sent a strong message by putting Wall Street titans under oath, but answers about the financial crisis proved evasive.

Jan 13, 2010 / Mary Bottari

Realism and Idealism in The Real World’s DC Realism and Idealism in The Real World’s DC

Washington more often suffocates than satisfies our dreams, and this may prove to be the twenty-third season's unwavering dramatic thread.

Jan 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

Alex Sanchez Wins Bail Alex Sanchez Wins Bail

In a closed legal proceeding, Judge Manual Real grants bail to the Homies Unidos founder.

Jan 13, 2010 / Tom Hayden