Awards Season Awards Season
The Nation was honored this week with two National Magazine Awardnominations. Columnist Naomi Klein was recognized for "Columns andCommentary" for her work in 2008. Our Contribut...
Mar 24, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Geithner’s Plan: Like an Oil Spill Geithner’s Plan: Like an Oil Spill
Twenty years ago this week, the Exxon Valdez ran aground, spilling ten millions gallons of filthy oil over 10,000 square miles of Prince William Sound. The Exxon corporat...
Mar 24, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Our Budget, Our Selves Our Budget, Our Selves
Few processes are more revealing of our commitments, our priorities, and our core beliefs than budgeting. This is true for individuals, families, institutions, and nations. How we ...
Mar 24, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Socialists Need to Be Where the Struggle Is Socialists Need to Be Where the Struggle Is
Capitalism will only end when the world's working class puts it to sleep, and that--the revolution--is not around the corner.
Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Meltdown Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Meltdown
Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains what drove the US economy off a cliff and what steps need to be taken to rectify the situation.
Mar 23, 2009 / Brett Story
Poles, Czechs Don’t Like Our Missiles Poles, Czechs Don’t Like Our Missiles
We don't need no steenkin' missile defenses! That's the message emanating from Eastern Europe. The proposed "anti-Iranian" missile systems aren't popular in Poland and the Czech ...
Mar 23, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York
In the second 9/11, all the pain and torture is in the neighborhood.
Mar 23, 2009 / Tom Engelhardt
The Economic Collapse and a People’s Plan for Recovery The Economic Collapse and a People’s Plan for Recovery
A panel discussion on the economic meltdown with Joseph Stiglitz, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Jeff Madrick and Christopher Hayes.
Mar 23, 2009 / Nation Audio
Afghanistan: Waiting for the “Exit Strategy” Afghanistan: Waiting for the “Exit Strategy”
It's Afghanistan week, with President Obama's Afghanistan review complete and the new strategy for the war set to be released any day now. In his 60 Minutes interview, Obama sugge...
Mar 23, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time
Harry Hanbury attempts to spend an entire day attending fundraisers but instead successfully gets chased out of restaurants all over Capitol Hill.
Mar 23, 2009 / American News Project