Italy’s Pillow Talk Italy’s Pillow Talk
Silvio Berlusconi's latest sexual escapade is the talk of Italy, and now the world. Maybe we should be paying closer attention to evidence of far more sinister hookups.
Jul 31, 2009 / Feature / Frederika Randall
Stolen Beauty Stolen Beauty
Ahava Beauty Products promises "beauty secrets from the Dead Sea" but the real secret is that its products come from stolen Palestinian natural resources in the Occupied Territory...
Jul 31, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire
The United States no longer has the capability to remain a global hegemon, and to pretend otherwise is to invite disaster.
Jul 31, 2009 / Feature / Chalmers Johnson
Israeli Settlements: Obama Should Know Better Israeli Settlements: Obama Should Know Better
Obama says he wants a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion. If that's the case, he should turn his attention to the US-based nonprofit that encourages American immigration to the...
Jul 31, 2009 / Feature / Mairav Zonszein
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Wrapup: I did two columns about the Skip Gates affair this week, God help me. The first one is my "Think Again column." It's called "Why Does BarackObama Hate America? (Hint: Bla...
Jul 31, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Has the Media Killed Healthcare Reform? Has the Media Killed Healthcare Reform?
The Nation's editor and publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, joins a panel discussion on the media's coverage of healthcare and the Gates arrest.
Jul 31, 2009 / GRITtv
US Tells Israel: Iran Has Eight Weeks US Tells Israel: Iran Has Eight Weeks
Robert Gates, Jim Jones, and other US officials traipsing in and out of Israel this week have told Israeli officials to stop "ranting and raving" about Iran for, oh, about eight m...
Jul 31, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Blue-Dog “Fix” Makes Health Reform “Cure” Worse Than Disease Blue-Dog “Fix” Makes Health Reform “Cure” Worse Than Disease
More and more House Democrats are pledging to oppose compromises on health care reform now being entertained by at least some aides to President Obama and Democrat leaders in the ...
Jul 31, 2009 / John Nichols
Democrats Go to Bat for Big Pharma Democrats Go to Bat for Big Pharma
Sebastian Jones catches some under-the-radar shenanigans from two house Democrats and a Republican on behalf of Big Pharma: At a North Carolina town hall yesterday, the Presiden...
Jul 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Wealth for the Common Good Wealth for the Common Good
At a moment when conservative Democrats are holding real healthcare reform hostage under the guise of "fiscal discipline"--fighting against a robust public option, promoting a ...
Jul 30, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel