Around The Nation Around The Nation
It's the middle of another week, and still no Senator from Minnesota.John Nichols has the latest onthe GOP's Minnesota machinations here. As I've done the past couple ofweeks, I ...
Feb 18, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will You Go Broke to Keep Your House? Will You Go Broke to Keep Your House?
Will Obama's $75 billion homeowner bailout plan work? Fair housing activists Sarah Ludwig, Paul Leonard and others discuss the foreclosure crisis.
Feb 18, 2009 / GRITtv
Good Money After Bad Good Money After Bad
Obama's stimulus bill is far too modest to arrest an economy in free fall. But if it were up to the GOP, which largely created the mess, we'd be doing nothing at all.
Feb 18, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Don’t Bleed Resources in Afghanistan Don’t Bleed Resources in Afghanistan
Today, President Obama announced the deployment of 17,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan. Two decades and two days after the Soviet army withdrew from its disastrous occupa...
Feb 17, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop the Looting of Social Security Stop the Looting of Social Security
The Nation's William Greider warns that if progressives don't engage with President Obama more, forces advocating for 'entitlement reform' will gut social security.
Feb 17, 2009 / Brett Story
Who’s Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty Line? Who’s Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty Line?
The treatment of workers at Burger King stands in stark contrast to the extravagant bonuses awarded to Goldman Sach's bailed-out bankers.
Feb 17, 2009 / Brave New Films
The Battle Over Birth of a Nation The Battle Over Birth of a Nation
The pro-Ku Klux Klan message of Birth of a Nation inspired thousands of Americans to join the hate group and helped get government censors work.
Feb 17, 2009 / The Editors
The Good News On the Stimulus The Good News On the Stimulus
So the stimulus is law. Whatever its shortcomings, there is a lot of good stuff in the bill. As just one example: my parents were visiting this weekend and the whole time my dad,...
Feb 17, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Worst of the Stimulus Smears The Worst of the Stimulus Smears
Hilarycare...Welfare...Socialism! In case you forgot the bilious opposition the stimulus bill inspired, here is a repulsive recap.
Feb 17, 2009 / Media Matters for America
D.W. Griffith, Remembered D.W. Griffith, Remembered
The death of pioneer filmmaker D.W. Griffith in 1948 prompted this appreciation from The Nation's film critic James Agee.
Feb 17, 2009 / James Agee