Real Peace — Or A Mirage? Real Peace — Or A Mirage?

One way to keep Bibi Netanyahu from making trouble is to keep him so busy meeting US envoys and diplomats that he doesn't have time for anything else. That appears to be President...

Jul 27, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

Bertrand Russell on India Bertrand Russell on India

The brilliant British philosopher and activist offers his views on Indian independence.

Jul 27, 2009 / Feature / Bertrand Russell

This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill

The House leaves town at the end of the week, the Senate one week later, and hopes for a health care bill before they vacate are all but nil. (Tell Congress to stick around and ge...

Jul 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes

Hope for Health Reform? Push Single-Payer Now Hope for Health Reform? Push Single-Payer Now

It is unsettling to listen as President Obama and House Speaker Pelosi talk up a health-care reform "plan" that has yet to take shape in any realistic form. The vagueness on the ...

Jul 26, 2009 / John Nichols

Adolf Hitler on Class Justice in Germany Adolf Hitler on Class Justice in Germany

Has The Nation ever had a more unlikely correspondent?

Jul 24, 2009 / The Nation

Abbie Hoffman: Free at Last Abbie Hoffman: Free at Last

A farewell "Yippie!" from his friends.

Jul 24, 2009 / The Editors

Clarence Darrow Clarence Darrow

The brilliant attorney was the original secretary of defense.

Jul 24, 2009 / Feature / David E. Lillienthal

Ain’t Nothing Centrist About Them Ain’t Nothing Centrist About Them

At this moment -- when 72 percent of the nation supports a public planoption and 14,000 people lose their healthcare every day -- the HouseBlue Dogs and conservative Democratic S...

Jul 24, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

End the Needle Exchange Ban End the Needle Exchange Ban

This post was written by Sarah Jaffe, a blogger, freelance journalist and Nation intern.

The drug war : it has failed to reduce the number of Americans using illegal drugs, it has not significantly affected world production of those drugs, it has clogged the prison system with non-violent offenders and it has dehumanized a significant part of the American population.

Jul 24, 2009 / Peter Rothberg

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Wrapup: I've got a new "Think Again" column on healthcare reportingcalled "Why Not the Best?" here. On the Beast, I did this post on the Democrats and their fear of 1994,here....

Jul 24, 2009 / Eric Alterman