Holiday Gift Guide Holiday Gift Guide
If you're really organized you've already completed your holiday shopping. If so, you can take a break from this column. But if you're like me and still looking for gifts, keep rea...
Dec 8, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Obama Moves On Job Creation, But He Must Do More Obama Moves On Job Creation, But He Must Do More
President Obama has always been too scattered and unfocused when it comes to addressing the primary social, economic and political challenge of his presidency: high unemployment. ...
Dec 8, 2009 / John Nichols
Howard Zinn’s “The People Speak” — on TV this Sunday Howard Zinn’s “The People Speak” — on TV this Sunday
The first time Howard Zinn's now-classic book "A People's History of the United States" appeared on TV was in "The Sopranos" on HBO, when Tony's teenage son A.J...
Dec 8, 2009 / Jon Wiener
War and Poverty in Afghanistan War and Poverty in Afghanistan
President Obama has made the wrong decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan--at a cost of $1 million per soldier, or $30 billion a year. What we need is not more war but ...
Dec 7, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Missing on War Debate Congress Missing on War Debate
The Nation's John Nichols wants Congress, not President Obama, to define the debate on what's at stake in Afghanistan.
Dec 7, 2009 / GRITtv
Klimaforum09 Opens in Copenhagen Klimaforum09 Opens in Copenhagen
As the first day of COP15 winds to a close, alternative summit provides a place for movement building.
Dec 7, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
Senator Rockefeller Confirms Medicare Expansion Is Being Weighed Senator Rockefeller Confirms Medicare Expansion Is Being Weighed
Medicare has long been one of the most popular programs administered by the federal government. It is so popular that congressional Republicans – whose party once led the oppos...
Dec 7, 2009 / John Nichols
A Historic Breakthrough? A Historic Breakthrough?
How Obama could save or scuttle a deal in Copenhagen, and why he needs civil society to push him.
Dec 7, 2009 / Mark Hertsgaard
Deficit Hawks Spin Deficit Hawks Spin
The sub-headline for the Washington Post's article Friday on the White House Jobs Summit claims: "With deficit soaring, role of private sector pushed." &...
Dec 7, 2009 / Greg Kaufmann
The Swiss Minaret Ban: What Are Voters Really Trying to Outlaw? The Swiss Minaret Ban: What Are Voters Really Trying to Outlaw?
The Swiss ban on minarets may seem insignificant, but it is hitched to bigger stories about mass immigration, economic depression and the rebirth of fascism in Europe.
Dec 7, 2009 / Laila Lalami