Grassroots Groups or Astroturf Agitators? Grassroots Groups or Astroturf Agitators?
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell tries to get to the bottom of right wing anger on display at healthcare town halls around the country.
Aug 10, 2009 / Countdown
The Death of Mehsud The Death of Mehsud
The death of Baitullah Mehsud, if true, is a good thing for all concerned, not least for the people of Waziristan. He was an oppressive thug and a terrorist with no redeeming soci...
Aug 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Cheney-Like Secrecy of the Obama White House The Cheney-Like Secrecy of the Obama White House
Those of us who proposed the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney for violating his oath of office and engaging in a Nixon-on-steroids spree of high crimes and misdemeanors b...
Aug 8, 2009 / John Nichols
Corrupt Democracy in India Corrupt Democracy in India
Despite vast advances in India's economy, human rights in one of the world's largest democracies remain a major issue. From abuses by police to political violence, India has a lon...
Aug 7, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
US Still Paying Blackwater Millions US Still Paying Blackwater Millions
Despite the State Department's announcement canceling Blackwater's contracts in Iraq, the Obama administration will pay the company more than $174 million for security services in ...
Aug 7, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
HCAN Turns Up the Heat HCAN Turns Up the Heat
In 2007, USAction Executive Director Jeff Blum and Richard Kirsch,then-director of Citizen Action of New York, were tossing around theidea of how best to advance the fight for qu...
Aug 7, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
I've got a new Think Again called "The Mainstream Media Opens the Doorto Hate" here.
CHARLES PIERCE
NEWTON, MA.
Hey Doc:
Aug 7, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Standing Strong for Jobs Standing Strong for Jobs
Laura Dean Washington takes notice as 80 Million Strong summit plans millennial matters.
Aug 7, 2009 / The Nation
Whom do you Write your Poems for? Whom do you Write your Poems for?
It's easy to describe the readers I have in mind when I write my column in The Nation: the 185,000 Nation subscribers, who are mostly liberals, progressives and leftists of vari...
Aug 7, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Gaza in Conflict Gaza in Conflict
Besieged by Israel and the West, mired in civil conflict and under increasing Islamist pressures, Gazans feel the world has forgotten them.
Aug 6, 2009 / Feature / Antony Loewenstein