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
House Adopts Know-Nothing Approach to Middle-East House Adopts Know-Nothing Approach to Middle-East
The Congress of the United States went out of its way this week to embarrass itself. At issue was a House resolution "calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppos...
Nov 5, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Thursday Slacker Thursday
I've got a new "Think Again" column called "This Fish Rots from the Head Down" and it's about what a crappy, dishonest columnist George Will is, and it's here. ...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Save the Children, in Zimbabwe and at Home Save the Children, in Zimbabwe and at Home
What is poverty? One volunteer's perspective shows us it's all relative. A finalist in The Nation's Student Writing Contest 2009.
Nov 5, 2009 / Feature / Ophelia Hu
Conscience of a Young Conservative Conscience of a Young Conservative
Can the Republican Party survive without the enthusiasm of its young supporters?
Nov 5, 2009 / Feature / Alana Levinson
The New Okies: Brain Drain in Class of ’09 The New Okies: Brain Drain in Class of ’09
Going abroad is no longer just a school-time pleasure cruise. It's an employment opportunity.
Nov 5, 2009 / Feature / Jeanette Blalock-Davis
Graduating in the Recession Graduating in the Recession
A struggling young journalist is forced to take up a job on the side delivering pizza, but with tips dwindling, he wonders if it's really worth it.
Nov 5, 2009 / Feature / Michael Cohen
The Weight of Our Problems The Weight of Our Problems
The looming presence of debt collectors makes high school an even harder.
Nov 5, 2009 / Feature / Aleena Durrani
Patience with Iran Patience with Iran
The Green Movement opposition flexed its muscles again in Iran this week, taking advantage of anti-American protests on the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Te...
Nov 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss