Bonanza for Over-Builders Bonanza for Over-Builders
I just don't get it. When Congress approves gifts worth billions of dollars to people who don't deserve a dime, why isn't it front page news? On Nov. 6, when President Obama sign...
Nov 17, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Congress Can Move Now to Prevent Layoffs, Plant Closings Congress Can Move Now to Prevent Layoffs, Plant Closings
Recognizing the social, economic and political threat posed by double-digit unemployment numbers, and by the prospect that those numbers are continuing to rise, key Democratic sen...
Nov 17, 2009 / John Nichols
The Palin Effect The Palin Effect
Why Sarah Palin can't be stopped from going nuclear inside the Republican Party.
Nov 16, 2009 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Honduran Crisis Outfoxes US Attempts at Negotiation Honduran Crisis Outfoxes US Attempts at Negotiation
A small delegation from the Honduran resistance movement visiting the US last week drew attention to the human rights abuses of the coup government.
Nov 16, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
What’s Next for Lou Dobbs? What’s Next for Lou Dobbs?
Dobbs proclaims that the Latin takeover of news is upon us, as he is outraged to reveal that 99 percent of Telemundo programming is in Spanish.
Nov 16, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
Financial Crisis Inquiry Kicks into High Gear Financial Crisis Inquiry Kicks into High Gear
Americans want to know what went wrong during last year's economic meltdown. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will find the answers.
Nov 16, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
Democrats to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan Democrats to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan
The California Democratic Party speaks with an loud voice in national politics. It is, by any reasonable measure, the biggest party in the biggest state in the nation. And it is...
Nov 16, 2009 / John Nichols
Around the Nation Around the Nation
The opportunity to sit down and talk with the remarkable American writers (and Nation Editorial Board members) Toni Morrison, Tony Kushner, and Walter Mosley is rare enough one on ...
Nov 15, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Messenger and the Hidden Costs of War The Messenger and the Hidden Costs of War
Many Americans don't need a movie to appreciate the human toll that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have exacted on communities in this country. For those who do, there is Oren Mo...
Nov 15, 2009 / Eyal Press
Palin: Obama’s “Downright Evil,” But Hillary’s O.K. Palin: Obama’s “Downright Evil,” But Hillary’s O.K.
It is fair to say that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin would rather go vegan than say something nice about President Obama. The 2008 Republican nominee for vice president has,...
Nov 15, 2009 / John Nichols