The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Michele Bachmann’s Bull The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Michele Bachmann’s Bull
The Nation's Chris Hayes crowns Congresswoman Michele Bachmann the Demi Glas of Wingnuttia for her ignorant attack on the stimulus plan.
Feb 19, 2009 / Countdown
AEI and Afghanistan: Listen to Petraeus! AEI and Afghanistan: Listen to Petraeus!
Across the left and among progressives, there is angst about President Obama's decision to add 17,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan. Among neoconservatives and the right -- jud...
Feb 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet? Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet?
While we are busy addressing the economic meltdown, the worst droughts in history present a new, possibly bigger threat that there's no clear roadmap for fixing.
Feb 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Bloomberg: Wrong Mayor, Wrong City, Wrong Time Bloomberg: Wrong Mayor, Wrong City, Wrong Time
Any erstwhile liberal New Yorkers thinking of supporting Mike Bloomberg's bid for a third term should read the New York Times carefully. The city hasn't been spared the ravages of ...
Feb 18, 2009 / Richard Kim
Obama’s War? Obama’s War?
Obama's escalation threatens to make Bush's war his own. There's still time to change direction.
Feb 18, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Unions, Disunited Unions, Disunited
At a time when organized labor stands a chance to make political gains, its energies are depleted by escalating conflicts within its ranks.
Feb 18, 2009 / David Moberg
Noted. Noted.
Richard Lingeman remembers Robert Bendiner, John Nichols laments Roland Burris, William Greider takes heart at the appointment of union man Ron Bloom to Obama's economics team.
Feb 18, 2009 / The Editors
COP on the Beat COP on the Beat
Tough love from the Congressional Oversight Panel involves ripping the Band-Aid--otherwise known as TARP--off the mortally wounded banking system.
Feb 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Bipartisan Bust Bipartisan Bust
As the GOP chooses to be the party of No, Obama takes his case to a largely supportive nation. It's up to him to claim his mandate.
Feb 18, 2009 / The Editors
Freedom of Speech, Round 5,425 Freedom of Speech, Round 5,425
Two decades after the Ayatollah Khomeini called for a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, not much has changed on either side of the cultural divide.
Feb 18, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt