US-UN Ties Still Strained US-UN Ties Still Strained
Barely a week after Barack Obama plunged into the UN for three unprecedented days, our reconciliation with the organization is already showing fault lines.
Oct 2, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new "Think Again" column called called "Kevin Jennings, theMainstream Media, and Right-Wing Target Practice." Read it here.Now here's Pierce: CHARLES PIERCE ...
Oct 2, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Copenhagen: Obama Better Go Back Copenhagen: Obama Better Go Back
If Obama can go to Copenhagen to support Chicago's Olympic bid, he can go back for the UN climate change summit.
Oct 2, 2009 / Naomi Klein
End the War in Afghanistan End the War in Afghanistan
This post was researched and co-written by Andrea D'Cruz. Within a matter of months a majority of Americans have shifted from supporting to opposing the Afghanistan war as we app...
Oct 2, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Around The Nation Around The Nation
A few quick hits before the weekend
Oct 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who Decides About War? What About the People? Who Decides About War? What About the People?
The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has reached its "sell-by…" date. A majority of Americans now tell pollsters the mission was a mistake.Ninety-eight members of the House – i...
Oct 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Iran and the Pipelineistan Opera Iran and the Pipelineistan Opera
The story under the Iranian nuclear story: how Iranian natural gas will reach Europe.
Oct 1, 2009 / Feature / Pepe Escobar
Wrecking Ball Wrecking Ball
I've got a new "Think Again" column called called "Kevin Jennings, the Mainstream Media, and Right-Wing Target Practice." Read it here. Also, I'll be doing an event next wee...
Oct 1, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Stop Bullying the Anti-Bullying Czar Stop Bullying the Anti-Bullying Czar
In the mid-nineties, when Kevin Jennings was the executive director of a fledging non-profit supporting LGBT youth and teachers called GLSEN (for the Gay, Lesbian, and Stra...
Oct 1, 2009 / Emily Douglas
Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare
Marcy Wheeler talks strategy, saying that Democrats need to "push the positive" to encourage people to not accept anything but the public option.
Oct 1, 2009 / The Nation Video