Looking Past Karzai Looking Past Karzai
Is the White House thinking about getting out of Afghanistan? Just as Hamlet's mother and his murderous uncle rushed to marry with unseemly haste, even before his slain father's ...
Nov 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Year Later, Obama Needs to Start Campaigning Again A Year Later, Obama Needs to Start Campaigning Again
MADISON, WI --One year ago Tuesday, Barack Obama redefined American electioneering to such an extent that it was possible to believe that the success of his transformational campa...
Nov 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Four Off-Year Election Scenarios Four Off-Year Election Scenarios
Yes, yes, we've all heard the "all-politics-is-local" bromide with regard to off-year elections. While it is no longer an operative, let alone true, statement – as the nationa...
Nov 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Bloomberg Wins, But Barely Bloomberg Wins, But Barely
Yes, of course, everyone was watching Virginia, New Jersey and upstate New York on Tuesday's off-year election night. But one of the most dramatic stories played out in New York ...
Nov 4, 2009 / John Nichols
The Obama Generation, Revisited The Obama Generation, Revisited
The 2008 election galvanized young voters and organizers. One year later, where are they?
Nov 4, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Méndez Berry
Linguistic Currency Linguistic Currency
In an information economy, tiny asymmetries in language comprehension translate into vast profits--and large-scale collapses.
Nov 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Domino Effect The Domino Effect
A group of twentysomethings from San Francisco took an unlikely path to jobs within the Obama administration.
Nov 3, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Méndez Berry
House Wins Offset Gubernatorial Losses for Obama, Dems House Wins Offset Gubernatorial Losses for Obama, Dems
White House aides announced Tuesday night that President Obama was not watching off-year election results on television. Actually, the president should have been watching. Indee...
Nov 3, 2009 / John Nichols
Keeping Focus on Fighting Genital Mutilation Keeping Focus on Fighting Genital Mutilation
Is the campaign to fight female genital mutilation meeting new resistance not only in traditional societies but among Western anthropologists?
Nov 3, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Limbaugh: Old News or Future of the GOP? Limbaugh: Old News or Future of the GOP?
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and Arianna Huffington discuss Rush Limbaugh's inaccurate and gratuitous Sunday morning appearance on Fox.
Nov 3, 2009 / The Joy Behar Show