Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun? Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun?
How we decide to manage water will determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Tara Lohan
Hightower vs. McCain on Afghanistan Hightower vs. McCain on Afghanistan
Jim Hightower debates John McCain (sort of) over the unasked questions with regards to Afghanistan.
Mar 31, 2009 / Brave New Films
Obama’s Democrat Problem Obama’s Democrat Problem
The must-read in this week's news magazines is Jonathan Chait's lacerating piece on Congressional Democrats in The New Republic, in particular the centrists and moderates who are d...
Mar 31, 2009 / Eyal Press
Bridging It Bridging It
With the help of a collector, Sonny Rollins has taken the curating of his career in a new direction.
Mar 31, 2009 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams
Auto Gets Tough Love, While Wall Street Feels the Love Auto Gets Tough Love, While Wall Street Feels the Love
Of course, General Motors CEO Rick Rick Wagoner was incapable of running a major auto company. Aside from a name that sounded like a Jeep model, Wagoner brought nothing to the Ame...
Mar 31, 2009 / John Nichols
No to War, No to NATO No to War, No to NATO
With President Obama announcing his new strategy for US/NATO escalation in Afghanistan, the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Baden-Baden and Kehl, Germany, and in Strasbourg, France, take...
Mar 31, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tell ‘The Nation’: Americans Ask the Hard Questions Tell ‘The Nation’: Americans Ask the Hard Questions
Dispatches from Nation readers who are making the most of difficult times.
Mar 30, 2009 / Feature / Our Readers
How Much Does It Cost? How Much Does It Cost?
The General Accounting Office, at least, is still using the phrase "Global War on Terrorism," when it adds up how much the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and related matters are costi...
Mar 30, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Popular Power Not Wall Street Power Popular Power Not Wall Street Power
Robert Johnson, former Chief Economist of the Senate Banking Committee, on why the Obama economic recovery plan is misguided.
Mar 30, 2009 / GRITtv
William Grieder on ‘A New Way Forward’ William Grieder on ‘A New Way Forward’
The Nation's William Greider discusses where he believes the new voice against Wall Street interests will come from.
Mar 30, 2009 / Bill Moyers Journal