Backing Obama, MoveOn Urges Congressional Dems to Join Fox Fight Backing Obama, MoveOn Urges Congressional Dems to Join Fox Fight
MoveOn.org jumped into the battle between Fox News and the Obama White House on Tuesday, urging its 5 million members to call on Congressional Democrats to stay off the network for...
Oct 20, 2009 / Ari Melber
Obama to Karzai: Thanks for Recognizing Your Illegitimacy Obama to Karzai: Thanks for Recognizing Your Illegitimacy
Barack Obama will have to do some awfully embarrassing things as president. The whole pardoning the turkey thing on the eve of Thanksgiving comes to mind. And then there's the tak...
Oct 20, 2009 / John Nichols
The Curious Case of Meghan McCain The Curious Case of Meghan McCain
Meghan McCain has enormous prominence as a member of the political youth. So why doesn't she use her notoriety to talk about anything other than...herself?
Oct 20, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
On the Seventh Day Israel Rested On the Seventh Day Israel Rested
Israel may have won the war in 1967, but it was still looking for recognition.
Oct 20, 2009 / Feature / Stanley Wolpert
Why Did the Arabs Run? Why Did the Arabs Run?
The Nation's editor Freda Kirchwey travels to Israel and sends back an eyewitness report of the young country's struggles to survive.
Oct 20, 2009 / Feature / Freda Kirchwey
Health Care Hoax Worse Than Balloon Boy Health Care Hoax Worse Than Balloon Boy
An attention grab that held millions of Americans transfixed. A story that seemed to be about life in the balance. It dominated the airwaves, the social networks, held Americans in...
Oct 20, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Repeal the DOMA Repeal the DOMA
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Alana Levinson. For more than a decade, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), signed into law by President Bill Clinto...
Oct 20, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Lessons From the Long War and a Blowback World Lessons From the Long War and a Blowback World
Will today's US-armed ally be tomorrow's enemy?
Oct 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
‘War on Terror’ II ‘War on Terror’ II
Obama makes reassuring noises about constraining executive power and protecting civil liberties, but then adopts whatever appalling policy Bush put in place.
Oct 19, 2009 / Feature / Julian Sanchez
Ending Federal Lawlessness: DOJ Eases Off Medical Pot Ending Federal Lawlessness: DOJ Eases Off Medical Pot
During the 2008 campaign, one of candidate Barack Obama's best applause lines was a promise to restore respect for science when it came to federal policy making. On Monday, Presi...
Oct 19, 2009 / John Nichols