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
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Judge Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed to serve as the 111th justice on the United States Supreme Court. President Barack Obama declared that the vote, by an overwhelming 68-31...
Aug 6, 2009 / John Nichols
Healthcare Disinformation: A Case Study Healthcare Disinformation: A Case Study
Ezra Klein links to some interesting polling today that shows a (slim) plurality saying Obama's health care reform proposals are a "bad idea," but a strong majority supporting the...
Aug 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Statement on Missing US Hikers Statement on Missing US Hikers
Three Americans, including Shane Bauer, a contributor to The Nation, went missing while on a hiking trip in Iraqi Kurdistan and are presumed to be detained by Iranian authorities. ...
Aug 6, 2009 / Shon Meckfessel
A Rancid Deal with Big Pharma A Rancid Deal with Big Pharma
Did Obama sell out? If House Democrats don't insist on the government's prerogative to bargain for lower prices, reform is impossible.
Aug 6, 2009 / William Greider
We Need More Protest to Make Reform Possible We Need More Protest to Make Reform Possible
If progressives are serious about economic and healthcare reform, they must embrace the same approach with Obama they once took with FDR and "make him do it."
Aug 6, 2009 / Feature / Peter Dreier
Spy vs. Spy Spy vs. Spy
I've got a new Think Again called "The Mainstream Media Opens the DoortoHate" here. For those of you who've been following the Izzy Stone imbroglio, youwill have noted that Me...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Is Bipartisanship Bad for Healthcare? Is Bipartisanship Bad for Healthcare?
The Nation's Chris Hayes points out that conservative senators have little reason to vote for a healthcare reform, and Republicans will run against the bill in 2010 no matter what.
Aug 6, 2009 / Countdown