Too Big To Jail? Too Big To Jail?
Everyone wants the economy to bounce bank, and the President's not wrong to believe that the way to revive things is to boost confidence. But if mass confidence is what ...
Jun 10, 2009 / Mary Bottari
Sheila Bair Is on Your Side Sheila Bair Is on Your Side
The head of the FDIC is looking out for taxpayers--and that's why the big guys on Wall Street and their allies in the Obama administration are out to get her.
Jun 10, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
‘Not McAuliffe’ Wins! ‘Not McAuliffe’ Wins!
The Republican National Committee staff swallowed hard, wiped away a tear and got to work on trying to come up with a reason why Virginians should not elect state Senator Creigh D...
Jun 10, 2009 / John Nichols
Around The Nation Around The Nation
Last week in The Nation, investigative reporter Teo Ballve exposed a stunning lapse in American foreign policy: USAID's "Plan Colombia" appears to be subsidizing drug traffickers....
Jun 9, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Free Ling and Lee Free Ling and Lee
Last April I wrote about the cases of two reporters for San Francisco-based Current TV, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, charged with trespassing in North Korea. They were arrested on Mar...
Jun 9, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Confronting the CIA’s Mind Maze Confronting the CIA’s Mind Maze
With the departure of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney from Washington and the arrival of Barack Obama, it may just be back to the future when it comes to torture policy.
Jun 9, 2009 / Feature / Alfred W. McCoy
Obama in Cairo: Where Are the Arab Views? Obama in Cairo: Where Are the Arab Views?
Nation contributor Laura Flanders debates the merits of President Obama's speech directed at the Muslim world.
Jun 9, 2009 / The Ed Show
Ahmadinejad’s Red Tide Ahmadinejad’s Red Tide
On Monday I wrote about Iran's Green Wave, in support of reformist MirHossein Mousavi. Today I am writing about the Red Tide. That's thered-armband-wearing, virtual fascist moveme...
Jun 9, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘Senator Schakowsky’ Is Not to Be ‘Senator Schakowsky’ Is Not to Be
Jan Schakowsky should be a U.S. Senator. The chamber desperately needs more progressives with track records of opposing the war in Iraq, the Patriot Act, misguided trade policies...
Jun 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Brits Launch Web Campaign Protesting Election of Far-Right Party Brits Launch Web Campaign Protesting Election of Far-Right Party
The far-right British National Party won its first seats to the European Parliament Monday, revealing a troubling shift in British politics, and in an unusual bout of post-election...
Jun 8, 2009 / Ari Melber