Copenhagen: History’s Judgment at Stake Copenhagen: History’s Judgment at Stake
Today, fifty-six newspapers from around the world took the unusual step of publishing the very same thing--an editorial below, which calls for a "fair and effective deal" from the...
Dec 7, 2009 / The Editors
The Road to Re-Election Runs Through Kabul? The Road to Re-Election Runs Through Kabul?
The real purpose of sending 30,000 soldiers to Afghanistan is to make Obama look tough as he heads toward the next US presidential election.
Dec 7, 2009 / Christian Parenti
US: Cash for Exxon? Yes. Cash for Climate Change? No. US: Cash for Exxon? Yes. Cash for Climate Change? No.
Obama Administration is poised to provide an Exxon-led consortium with a $3 billion loan while remain uncommitted to financing climate adaptation.
Dec 7, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
Exit: 2011, Part II Exit: 2011, Part II
Both the New York Times and the Washington Post carried feature-length, page one articles yesterday analyzing the inside debate over President Obama's Afghanistan policy. The Time...
Dec 7, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Physics of Copenhagen The Physics of Copenhagen
Why all the normal political calculations are likely to prove disastrous in Copenhagen.
Dec 7, 2009 / Bill McKibben
The Media Needs an Exit Strategy The Media Needs an Exit Strategy
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel weighs in on the biggest news story of the week: the White House party crashers.
Dec 7, 2009 / ABC News
Averting a Flop-in-‘Hagen Averting a Flop-in-‘Hagen
As Copenhagen kicks off, pressing questions about emissions cuts and financing for poor countries to deal with climate change are already on the table.
Dec 7, 2009 / Feature / Robert S. Eshelman
The Peril of Positioning Dems as Managers, Not Leaders The Peril of Positioning Dems as Managers, Not Leaders
Senate Democrats are celebrating the fact that, in their rush to come up with a scheme to pay for health-care reform, they have blocked an effort to preserve payments to home hea...
Dec 6, 2009 / John Nichols
COP15: What’s at Stake? COP15: What’s at Stake?
The most important international summit in history? Given what latest scientific reports tell us about the quickening pace of global warming, the sense of urgency driving attention...
Dec 4, 2009 / Feature / Robert S. Eshelman
How Should the Role of Reporters Change? How Should the Role of Reporters Change?
David Schimke stresses the role of the trained citizen journalist in shaping coverage--and how mainstream reporters should learn to stray beyond the press conference model of news.
Dec 4, 2009 / The Nation Video