The President’s Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall The President’s Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall
President Obama cracked the White House door for citizens on Thursday, and some of their questions were still bubbling up long after the first virtual town hall ended.
Mar 27, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber
Breaking Down the Weekly Media Spin Breaking Down the Weekly Media Spin
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, Robert George of the New York Post and Danny Schechter the news dissector look at the reporting of the past week.
Mar 27, 2009 / GRITtv
Obama’s Afghan Plan Could Be Worse Obama’s Afghan Plan Could Be Worse
It could have been worse. But there's a lot of bad news. I listened to President Obama's speech, and I spent the morning over at the White House listening to officials there talk...
Mar 27, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new Think Again here. It's called "Cable News Blues." My Nation column, comparing Jon Stewart with yes, Edward R. Murrow, is here, and I did a post about Obama's pres...
Mar 27, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Don’t Go There Mr. President! Don’t Go There Mr. President!
Sending 17,000 or 21,000 more US troops to Afghanistan will not protect Americans against Al Qaeda attacks
Mar 27, 2009 / Tom Hayden
Global Labor’s G-20 Agenda Global Labor’s G-20 Agenda
As financial leaders assemble in London, the international labor movement offers a vision for a new global economy.
Mar 26, 2009 / Feature / Max Fraser
Shamelessly Exploiting Natasha Richardson Shamelessly Exploiting Natasha Richardson
Now this is truly sick. "Canadacare May Have Killed Natasha" says the New York Post, trumpeting an article written by Cory Franklin, first published by the Chicago Tribun...
Mar 26, 2009 / Betsy Reed
I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues… I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues…
We've got a new Think Again here. It's called "Cable News Blues."Â My Nation column, comparing Jon Stewart with yes, Edward R. Murrow, is here, and I did a post about Obama's pre...
Mar 26, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Militant Minorities Militant Minorities
The task of socialists today is to build and support such militant minorities so that tomorrow we can set larger groups into motion.
Mar 26, 2009 / Feature / Dan La Botz
Noted. Noted.
Esther Kaplan on the SEIU and the California Nurses Association's "game changer"; Bruce Shapiro on the death penalty; praise and prizes for The Nation.
Mar 26, 2009 / The Editors