Feingold’s Constitutional Objection to ‘Prolonged Detention’ Feingold’s Constitutional Objection to ‘Prolonged Detention’
Barack Obama's speech last week at the National Archives, delivered with the Bill of Rights as a backdrop, eloquently expressed a president's faith that it is possible to keep the...
May 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Cheney vs. Obama: Banking on Fear Cheney vs. Obama: Banking on Fear
As rational, soaring, and adult-ready as Barack Obama's speech before the shrine of the Constitution in the National Archives was--and, in contrast, as full of retreaded lies as Di...
May 22, 2009 / Leslie Savan
The First Great Constitutional Debate of the 21st Century The First Great Constitutional Debate of the 21st Century
Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are squaring off in a grand debate about the character and the content of the American experiment. Unfortunately, the U.S. news media, and much of th...
May 22, 2009 / John Nichols
$1 Trillion and Counting… $1 Trillion and Counting…
The $1 trillion we have spent on war since 9/11 has placed enormous stress on our recession-struck economy.
May 22, 2009 / Feature / Jo Comerford
Cheney vs. Obama: The No-So-Epic Battle Cheney vs. Obama: The No-So-Epic Battle
Jon Stewart surveys the coverage and content of President Obama's and Dick Cheney's concurrent national security speeches.
May 22, 2009 / The Daily Show
Rep. Donna Edwards: Why Obama Needs Tough Love from the Left Rep. Donna Edwards: Why Obama Needs Tough Love from the Left
Rep. Donna Edwards discusses the important role progressives should play in influencing the Obama presidency.
May 22, 2009 / The Nation Video
A Call For Universal Voter Registration A Call For Universal Voter Registration
This is the third in a series of posts concerned with just democracy.The first was an overview of the current state of our electoral system;the second a look at the prospects for...
May 22, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Yet Another Bogus ‘Terror’ Plot Yet Another Bogus ‘Terror’ Plot
By the now, it's maddeningly familiar. A scary terrorist plot is announced. Then it's revealed that the suspects are a hapless bunch of ne'er-do-wells or run-of-the-mill thugs wit...
May 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
New Orleans’s Not-So-Super Bowl New Orleans’s Not-So-Super Bowl
Millions will be spent to bring the biggest event in sports to the Superdome, while the victims of Hurricane Katrina remain on the sidelines.
May 21, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
The US Auto Industry: Down, But Not Out The US Auto Industry: Down, But Not Out
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel on why the Obama administration needs to do more to create manufacturing jobs in the US.
May 21, 2009 / The Ed Show