Republicans Run for the Border Republicans Run for the Border
The Nation's Chris Hayes illuminates the repercussions that will result from the right's continued praise for Joe Wilson's false claim.
Sep 17, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Metropolis Now Metropolis Now
This article was co-authored by Nation contributing editor Joel Rogers. Itoriginally appeared in the September 17 issue of the New Statesman. On the campaign trail, Barack Oba...
Sep 17, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rohrabacher to Iraqis: Be More Grateful! Rohrabacher to Iraqis: Be More Grateful!
The House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight met today to discuss issues of sovereignty and stability in Iraq ranging from the country's longst...
Sep 17, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Right Reacts to Racism Allegations The Right Reacts to Racism Allegations
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses the importance of President Carter's remark that racism has played a role in the opposition to Obama's agenda.
Sep 17, 2009 / Countdown
You Say You Want a Revolution… You Say You Want a Revolution…
I've got a new Think Again called "The Conspiracy Nuts Take Over," whichcompares media coverage of "truthers" vs. "birthers" and you can find ithere. (Mickey is a former student ...
Sep 17, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Obama Zaps E. Europe Star Wars Obama Zaps E. Europe Star Wars
The right-wing regimes of the "new Europe" -- that is, the post-Soviet governments in eastern Europe that emerged, during the Bush administration, as the staunchest backers of Ame...
Sep 17, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Kristof’s Challenge Kristof’s Challenge
If women's equality is the cause of our time, we'll get further by acknowledging it's a challenge no country has fully met than by framing it as a Western crusade.
Sep 16, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Welcome to the National Asylum Welcome to the National Asylum
"Birthers'" claims shift, but their essence is always the same: Barack Obama has no right to be president.
Sep 16, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The African Airlift The African Airlift
The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rothmyer
Hold Ashcroft Accountable Hold Ashcroft Accountable
The Ninth Circuit rules that John Ashcroft can be held accountable for the "paradigm of prevention" that led to unlawful detainment of a US citizen.
Sep 16, 2009 / David Cole