Auden’s Love Poem for Humanity Auden’s Love Poem for Humanity
The poet's "September 1, 1939" saw the start of World War II and declared: "We must love one another or die."
Sep 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
To Sleep, Perchance to ‘Sleep and Think’ To Sleep, Perchance to ‘Sleep and Think’
Conlangs often succeed only in stripping language of its surprise.
Sep 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Obama Unshackles Global AIDS Work Obama Unshackles Global AIDS Work
With the change in Pepfar guidelines, the Obama administration opens new opportunities to link AIDS work and family planning and strengthen health systems in developing countries.
Sep 1, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Planet Cheney and the Secret Government Planet Cheney and the Secret Government
The Nation's Chris Hayes calls for a wide-ranging investigation of torture policies similar to the Church Committee of the 1970s.
Sep 1, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Cheney Continues to Defend False Truths Cheney Continues to Defend False Truths
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill criticizes the former vice president's recent defense of torture and the media outlets who let him get away with it.
Sep 1, 2009 / Countdown
The Kennedy Seat: Vicki’s a “No,” But Maybe Joe The Kennedy Seat: Vicki’s a “No,” But Maybe Joe
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has scheduled the special election to fill the US Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator Edward Kennedy's seat. The date is January 19, ...
Sep 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold Gets Afghanistan Right Feingold Gets Afghanistan Right
Senator Russ Feingold was way ahead of the Senate curve in insisting ona timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, and last week he got it rightagain in calling for a flexible timetabl...
Aug 31, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Organizing Advisers Rap Healthcare Push Obama Organizing Advisers Rap Healthcare Push
Two former advisers to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, famed labor organizer Marshall Ganz and urban policy expert Peter Dreier, are now publicly criticizing Obama's healthca...
Aug 31, 2009 / Ari Melber
Revealing Hate: Inside White Supremacist World Revealing Hate: Inside White Supremacist World
The upcoming film, Revealing Hate takes an in-depth look at the chilling history and present of America's white supremacist organizations.
Aug 31, 2009 / YouTube
Verizon Wireless is Wrong Verizon Wireless is Wrong
Do 87 million Verizon Wireless customers know that the company is a co-sponsor of a major climate-change-denying, union-busting, pro-mountaintop removal Labor Day rally staged by...
Aug 31, 2009 / Peter Rothberg