The Burden & The Nobel The Burden & The Nobel
The choice has always been, as a former chair of the Nobel Peace Prize judging committee explained in 2001, " a political act." This year it was also an ingenious leap of...
Oct 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
Last Spring, Sebastian Jones was fact-checking in The Nation's modest Capitol Hill office as our DC intern, keeping track of the excitement (and corruption) in Congress. Like a sea...
Oct 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Berlin Postcard Berlin Postcard
Saturday, October 3, was Reunification Day, the anniversary of the formal reuniting of East and West Germany in 1990.
Oct 10, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Obama’s Campaign Merits a Peace Prize Obama’s Campaign Merits a Peace Prize
Readers who have followed this writer's commentaries on the political machinations of the 44th president are by now well aware that I never quite bought into the whole Barack Obam...
Oct 10, 2009 / John Nichols
Did Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? Did Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
My reaction to Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize elicited some decidedly "un-peaceful" responses from my friends and followers on social networking and blog sites. As r...
Oct 10, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Joe Tells Rush Who Wears the Rants in This Party Joe Tells Rush Who Wears the Rants in This Party
The good folks on the set of Morning Joe spent Friday morning dodging prairie oysters flung by the host at rival Rush Limbaugh, who had called Joe Scarborough a "neutered, chi...
Oct 9, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Al Qaeda in Afghanistan Al Qaeda in Afghanistan
At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, former CIA officers offered clear alternatives to escalation in Afghanistan.
Oct 9, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
The NFL Must Flush Rush The NFL Must Flush Rush
Rush Limbaugh's long history of racism should be enough to quash his chances of becoming an owner in the National Football League.
Oct 9, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new Think Again column called "CBS and Dan Rather--Doing theRight's Dirty Work," and it's here. My Nation column, "Where have you gone, William Safire?" is here. ...
Oct 9, 2009 / Eric Alterman
US Out of Af-Pak US Out of Af-Pak
As the President and Congress are currently reviewing US war policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, now is the time to apply as much popular pressure as possible against escalation. ...
Oct 9, 2009 / Peter Rothberg