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
Republican Party Rejects the Middle Republican Party Rejects the Middle
The Nation's Christopher Hayes believes one New York congressional race marks a takeover of the GOP by far-right radicals like the tea party protesters.
Nov 3, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
GOP Shuns Palin; Will Obama Help Dems? GOP Shuns Palin; Will Obama Help Dems?
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP's love/hate relationship with Sarah Palin, and Democratic dynamics since Obama's victory in 2008.
Nov 3, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
On Israel’s ‘Domination and Its Intoxications’ On Israel’s ‘Domination and Its Intoxications’
Accepting the International Women's Media Foundation lifetime achievement award, Amira Hass decries the "official language" that allows her fellow Israelis to avoid reality.
Nov 2, 2009 / Feature / Amira Hass
Tale of Two Special Elections: One Shifts Right, The Other Left Tale of Two Special Elections: One Shifts Right, The Other Left
The Washington Post positions itself as a "must-read" daily almanac of the political class – a reliable source of information and insight regarding all things electoral. That g...
Nov 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Afghanistan: Too Big to Fail? Afghanistan: Too Big to Fail?
Why do America's leaders always opt for "more" in counterinsurgency disasters rather than cutting their losses?
Nov 2, 2009 / Tom Engelhardt
Can We Get Some Small-d Democracy? Can We Get Some Small-d Democracy?
I have long advocated for a strong pro-democracy agenda to repair and strengthen our broken electoral system. The needs are many--from creating an Election Day holiday, to requiri...
Nov 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel