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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

Obama’s Deal with Iran Obama’s Deal with Iran

It's both funny and sad -- okay, mostly funny -- to watch the right-wingers, neocons, and pro-Israel hawks gnashing their teeth and nay-saying about the Iran talks. Fact is, the r...

Oct 2, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

Slide Show: Afghanistan at a Crossroads Slide Show: Afghanistan at a Crossroads

The following images and excerpts highlight The Nation's opposition to military escalation.

Oct 2, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Media Push False Equivalency Between Left and Right Rage Media Push False Equivalency Between Left and Right Rage

Nearly every morning for eight years, my husband would go into the shower with the news blaring on the radio, and I could hear him over the rush of water grumbling, "I hate Ge...

Oct 2, 2009 / Leslie Savan

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