Why We Detain the Innocent Why We Detain the Innocent
Yet again the courts have ignored the Constitution and legal precedent, leaving seventeen innocent Guantánamo detainees in legal limbo.
Feb 26, 2009 / Aziz Huq
We Need a Department of Homegrown Security We Need a Department of Homegrown Security
Drop the scary Bush lingo and start creating resilient communities than can effectively recover from disaster in this age of financial and climate chaos.
Strange Victory, Strange Defeat Strange Victory, Strange Defeat
We've got a new "Think Again" column herecalled, "Thank God for Gitmo." I've also got a new Nation column called "War is Over (If You Want It)here. Ireally like the hed of t...
Feb 26, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Math Is Hard Math Is Hard
Since I've been giving Gary Gensler such a hard time for refusing to admit a mistake, I thought it would be appropriate to pointed out just how colossally I screwed up the math in...
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Lessons in Democracy From Bangladesh Lessons in Democracy From Bangladesh
An instructive election in Bangladesh demonstrates that in Muslim countries around the world, the United States really needs to let democracy take its own course.
Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Jalal Alamgir
Hate Movie Night at the Capitol Hate Movie Night at the Capitol
Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders -- a politician whose penchant for over-the-top self promotion exceeds that of global past masters such as Binyamin Netanyahu, Tony Blair and J...
Feb 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Coming Soon: Universal Savings? Coming Soon: Universal Savings?
Just got off a briefing with OMB Director Pete Orszag. I asked him what part of the budget he was surprised hadn't gotten more attention. His answer: universal savings. One of th...
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Just Say: “I Screwed Up” Just Say: “I Screwed Up”
In my column, Never Say You're Sorry, I wrote about Gary Gensler, the Obama administration's nominee to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Yesterday the Senate Agricul...
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Unembedded The Unembedded
Three journalists on the front lines talk about combat reporting in Iraq and Lebanon. What's the real story?
Feb 26, 2009 / GRITtv
President Obama Gets His Hope Back President Obama Gets His Hope Back
Jon Stewart pokes fun at President Obama's laundry list of lofty goals and wonders, 'is he some kind of a wizard?'
Feb 26, 2009 / The Daily Show