No New Powers for the Fed No New Powers for the Fed
In just 10 months, the Federal Reserve has handed trillions of taxpayer dollars to the banks without telling taxpayers who got the money and whether we'll ever get it back. The Fe...
Sep 11, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
How 9/11 Should Be Remembered How 9/11 Should Be Remembered
For the eighth anniversary of September 11, 2001, a full-scale reappraisal of the real meaning of that day in New York for ordinary Americans.
Sep 11, 2009 / Rebecca Solnit
On 9/11/09 On 9/11/09
Eight years after the tragedy of 9/11, I am reposting my introduction to "A Just Response," a collection of The Nation's writings on terrorism, democracy, 9/11 and its aftermath. ...
Sep 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Death of Adam Hermanson The Death of Adam Hermanson
The family of a military contractor electrocuted in Baghdad is alleging his employer, Triple Canopy misled them about how he died.
Sep 10, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
The Speech & The Public Option The Speech & The Public Option
The last ten minutes of Barack Obama's healthcare speech, invoking the legacy of Ted Kennedy and emphasizing concern for others as an essential part of "the American character...
Sep 10, 2009 / Eyal Press
Monsanto: Playing God Monsanto: Playing God
Monsanto is dangerously re-engineering America's food supply.
Sep 10, 2009 / Feature / Kirkpatrick Sale
Bad Brown Acid Bad Brown Acid
I've got a new "Think Again" column, called "Why Can't the Media ExplainOur Woes? (and Why Other Countries Don't have Them...). It's acomparison of healthcare systems in the Unit...
Sep 10, 2009 / Eric Alterman
President Obama: ‘The Time for Action Is Now’ President Obama: ‘The Time for Action Is Now’
President Obama invokes history and offers a robust vision of progressive governance (if not the public option) in his major address to Congress on healthcare.
Sep 10, 2009 / C-SPAN
Take the Obama Conspiracy-Theory Challenge! Take the Obama Conspiracy-Theory Challenge!
Now that President Obama's speech to school kids has proved not to be the Maoist indoctrination tool that the right absolutely knew it would be, it's time for the rest of us to sta...
Sep 10, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Obama’s Health Speech and the Big Sleazy Obama’s Health Speech and the Big Sleazy
The Nation's Chris Hayes looks back on the impact of right-wing 'death panel' attacks of August and sounds an optimistic note about the future.
Sep 10, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show