Obama Should Meet With ‘Rethink Afghanistan’ Caucus Obama Should Meet With ‘Rethink Afghanistan’ Caucus
President Obama, who is under pressure from the Pentagon and defense contractors to surge 40,000 additional U.S. troops into occupied Afghanistan, met Tuesday with members of Cong...
Oct 6, 2009 / John Nichols
An ACORN Amendment for Pfizer An ACORN Amendment for Pfizer
Representative Betty McCollum's "ACORN Act" would prevent the government from doing business with corporations that have been found guilty of felonies.
Oct 5, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Greece Votes Socialist Greece Votes Socialist
Going against the European grain, Greece has voted George Papandreou's center-left PaSoK party to power in a landslide. Promising a new political culture, an end to cronyism and a ...
Oct 5, 2009 / Maria Margaronis
Inside the Value Voters Summit Inside the Value Voters Summit
Jeff Sharlet says the conservative Christian movement in the US is far more complicated, diverse and powerful than most coverage of events like the 9/12 Tea Party protests suggests...
Oct 5, 2009 / GRITtv
When Pundits Attack: The Beck-Brooks Fight When Pundits Attack: The Beck-Brooks Fight
Perhaps we still do not understand the current Obama backlash. David Brooks caused a small stir on Friday by arguing that conservative radio hosts are, paradoxically, a lot like w...
Oct 5, 2009 / Ari Melber
Bernie Sanders Applies ‘ACORN Standard’ to Defense Contractors Bernie Sanders Applies ‘ACORN Standard’ to Defense Contractors
Now that the U.S. House and Senate have established an "ACORN Standard" for policing federal expenditures -- if even a few employees of an organization that feeds at the...
Oct 4, 2009 / John Nichols
The Fight for Financial Reform The Fight for Financial Reform
These next few months are a time of reckoning. Every so often in American political history, a window for change opens, and the combination of crisis, leadership, ...
Oct 3, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The (Iffy) Case Against a Public Option The (Iffy) Case Against a Public Option
Can successful universal health care be achieved without a public option? Earlier this week, Jonathan Cohn pointed to the example of The Netherlands, a country that relies exclusi...
Oct 3, 2009 / Eyal Press
Do They Take Us for Shmucks? Do They Take Us for Shmucks?
The best arguments for the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency come from the politicians and lobbyists who oppose it.
Oct 2, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
‘Republican Gomorrah’ and the GOP Crackup ‘Republican Gomorrah’ and the GOP Crackup
Nation contributor Max Blumenthal on the right-wing tea-baggers, sex scandals, religious fanaticism and zombie mentality that are driving today's Republican party.
Oct 2, 2009 / The Nation Video