Injustice in Illinois Injustice in Illinois
There's a very important editorial in The Nation this week that I hope everyone will take the time to read. It's about the wrongful conviction of Anthony McKinney, who's been in pr...
Nov 6, 2009 / Ari Berman
Ft. Hood Drowns Out the Tea Party Ft. Hood Drowns Out the Tea Party
Don't bring your pitchforks. This is to be our "last stand" to stop health care reform, it's Alamo time. Don't let your congressmen call it a "rally" or "p...
Nov 6, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Fixing Too Big To Fail Fixing Too Big To Fail
How well will Representative Barney Frank's proposed regulatory reform legislation address the "too big to fail" problem?
Nov 6, 2009 / Feature / Mike Konczal
Jon Stewart’s Brilliant Glenn Beck Parody Jon Stewart’s Brilliant Glenn Beck Parody
Jon Stweart says there's a war going on in America, and the stakes are nothing less than Glenn Beck's internal organs.
Nov 6, 2009 / The Daily Show
Double-Digit Unemployment Is Obama’s No. 1 Challenge Double-Digit Unemployment Is Obama’s No. 1 Challenge
For the first time in more than a quarter century, unemployment in the United States has reached double digits. That's bad economic news for America, which has now been shedding ...
Nov 6, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama Fails in Middle East Obama Fails in Middle East
The announcement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he will not run for reelection is the exclamation point on the utter collapse of the Obama adminstration's Middle East...
Nov 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia
Last Thursday's shooting spree at the Fort Hood army base in Texas -- which left 13 people dead and 29 wounded -- was of course the "horrific outburst of violence" that President ...
Nov 6, 2009 / John Nichols
Equality Across America Equality Across America
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Daniel Chandler. Over the weekend of October 10/11, more than 200,000 people took part in the National Equality March ...
Nov 5, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Slide Show: The Obama Youth Slide Show: The Obama Youth
The Nation presents images of a unique moment in time: when America's youth rallied and organized in record numbers for the 2008 election.
Nov 5, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Election 2009: What Really Changed? Election 2009: What Really Changed?
So the tide turned Tuesday on Democrats, liberals, Obama, the left. Republicans are "energized," The New York Times reports today, their elation marred only by the prosp...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eyal Press