Financial Crisis Inquiry Kicks Off Financial Crisis Inquiry Kicks Off
Day 1 of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission didn't find any good answers to the causes of the financial crisis--but don't give up on the commission yet.
Jan 14, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
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