Does Gaza Matter? Does Gaza Matter?
Hampshire College made headlines after announcing that it would divest from companies that do business with Israel. Do their actions indicate the beginning of a larger campaign?
Feb 17, 2009 / GRITtv
Ghost Story: Put Banks Out of Their Misery Ghost Story: Put Banks Out of Their Misery
America's largest financial institutions are insolvent. It's time to face the truth and take the painful actions that will allow the economy to recover.
Feb 17, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
About Those F-22s About Those F-22s
Matt Yglesias, Matt Duss, and Robert Farley have all done a great job of critiquing this embarrassing crush note to the F-22 in the latest Atlantic. But since I did some report...
Feb 17, 2009 / Chris Hayes
All Hail Comrade Lindsey Graham All Hail Comrade Lindsey Graham
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham's usual allies are not impressed with the Republican senator's suggestion that the time might have come to start nationalizing banks. "Did h...
Feb 17, 2009 / John Nichols
The Leavetaking The Leavetaking
What legacy did Harold Pinter leave behind?
Feb 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard Byrne
Slide Show: The Nation’s Oscars Slide Show: The Nation’s Oscars
Images from the Oscar-winners of the past and reviews from Nation critics who loved/hated them.
Feb 17, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Youth in Action: Carmen Berkley, the United States Student Association Youth in Action: Carmen Berkley, the United States Student Association
You voted, now what? First, identify what issue burns you in your belly, Berkley suggests.
Feb 17, 2009 / Suemedha Sood
An American Foreign Legion An American Foreign Legion
This report, first posted at TomDispatch.com, comes from historian and retired Lieutenant Colonel William J. Astore: A leaner, meaner, higher tech force -- that was what George W....
Feb 17, 2009 / TomDispatch
“Barack of Afpakia” “Barack of Afpakia”
Today's Wall Street Journal suggests that if President Obama pursues his plans for stepping up the war in Afghanistan, he'll have to fall back on the support of "Bush Republicans ...
Feb 17, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Labor’s Man Joins Treasury Team Labor’s Man Joins Treasury Team
Ron Bloom, a former I-banker with the head and heart of a labor activist, has been tapped to advise the Obama administration on the auto bailout. Let's hope they listen to him.
Feb 16, 2009 / William Greider