The Politics of Pecora The Politics of Pecora
If there's one thing that everyone seems to agree on, it's that the current financial crisis is complicated. There's two problems with this. First, it's not, fundamentally, true. ...
Jul 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes
GOP Senator Says Attacks on Sotomayor “Mainly About Politics” GOP Senator Says Attacks on Sotomayor “Mainly About Politics”
"Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed," South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham told Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. "And I don't think you wil...
Jul 13, 2009 / John Nichols
Judging Sonia Sotomayor Judging Sonia Sotomayor
As the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor kick off, The Nation interviews Slate's Dahlia Lithwick for a preview.
Jul 13, 2009 / The Nation Video
The Balance Begins to Tip Against Cheney The Balance Begins to Tip Against Cheney
With new revelations about the former veep ordering the CIA to lie to Congress, Democrats finally start talking about an investigation that could hold him to account.
Jul 13, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain
In a brilliant essay in a recent issue of the London Review of Books ("The Irresistible Illusion, July 9), Rory Stewart, the Director of the Carr Center on Human Rights Policy at ...
Jul 13, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Holder Launches Torture-Inquiry Trial Balloon Holder Launches Torture-Inquiry Trial Balloon
Quick, to the political dictionary.
Look up the phrase "trial balloon."
Next to it you will find a photograph of Attorney General Eric Holder.
Jul 12, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama Visits Africa’s ‘Oil Gulf’ Obama Visits Africa’s ‘Oil Gulf’
Ghanaians and other Africans are clamoring for a new direction in US Africa policy, one based in mutual interests and mutual respect.
Jul 12, 2009 / Feature / Emira Woods
New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes
Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Jul 11, 2009 / Feature / A.C. Thompson
CIA’s Panetta Owes Pelosi an Admission and an Apology CIA’s Panetta Owes Pelosi an Admission and an Apology
Central Intelligence Agency director Leon Panetta owes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi an apology -- or, at the very least, a clarification. In May, when Republicans claimed she had b...
Jul 10, 2009 / John Nichols
Iran: A Compromise Deal? Iran: A Compromise Deal?
Supporters of the Green Wave increasingly see negotiations with the regime as the best way out of today's crisis.
Jul 10, 2009 / Feature / Babak Sarfaraz