The Courage of Natalya Estemirova The Courage of Natalya Estemirova
In October 2007, Russian human rights activist Natalya Estemirova wrote for us about the assassination of the crusading investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. In 2009, Estemi...
Jul 15, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Goldman Sachs: Risk Takers or Coup Makers? Goldman Sachs: Risk Takers or Coup Makers?
Matt Taibb and others discuss Goldman Sachs's record profits and how backroom deals and taxpayer dollars were used to resuscitate the banking industry.
Jul 15, 2009 / GRITtv
Around The Nation Around The Nation
Last week The Nation, and our friends at Campus Progress, hosted theFourth Annual National Youth Student Journalism conference, a gathering ofstudents and award-winning journalis...
Jul 15, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Palin Abandons Alaska and the Facts Palin Abandons Alaska and the Facts
The Nation's Chris Hayes on Sarah Palin's wildly inaccurate recent op-ed in the Washington Post on cap-and-trade legislation.
Jul 15, 2009 / Countdown
Cheney, High-Level Wrongdoing Must Be Focus of Inquiries Cheney, High-Level Wrongdoing Must Be Focus of Inquiries
Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, the chief critic of executive excess and wrongdoing in the Senate during recent Republican and Democratic administrations, wants Attorney General ...
Jul 15, 2009 / John Nichols
‘Government Sachs’ Strikes Gold… Again ‘Government Sachs’ Strikes Gold… Again
Since most of the increase in the federal deficit is due to bailing out the banks and salvaging the greater economy they helped destroy, why is the top investment bank doing so wel...
Jul 15, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Sanders Schools McCain on Public Healthcare Sanders Schools McCain on Public Healthcare
Sen. Bernie Sanders says Congress should stop protecting the private healthcare industry and provide quality healthcare for all Americans.
Jul 14, 2009 / YouTube
Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump? Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?
Is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet?
Jul 14, 2009 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Sotomayor Says Roe Is “Settled Law,” Still Gets GOP Props Sotomayor Says Roe Is “Settled Law,” Still Gets GOP Props
The second day of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing proceeded as smoothly as the first, even as the judge placed herself firmly in the camp of those who ...
Jul 14, 2009 / John Nichols
Stop the F-22 Stop the F-22
This post was written by Sarah Jaffe, a blogger, freelance journalist and Nation intern. As symbols of the overinflated military budget go, the F-22 takes the cake. The Washing...
Jul 14, 2009 / Peter Rothberg