All of Them Must Go All of Them Must Go
As cities around the world are rocked with protests, it's clear governments that respond to economic crisis with the discredited free-market agenda will not survive.
Feb 4, 2009 / Column / Naomi Klein
The Kindness of Strangers The Kindness of Strangers
The global economic crisis is showing how wishful was the notion that philanthropy could save the world.
Feb 4, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Auguries in the Dawn of Obama-Time Auguries in the Dawn of Obama-Time
At almost every level, his choices of people and policy have been calibrated to appease the establishment.
Feb 4, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Around The Nation Around The Nation
The debate over President Obama's economic recovery package is simmeringover in the Senate. At The Nation we're working to influence thediscussion. Today MoveOn.org cited our Act...
Feb 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Retire Bush’ Contest Winner ‘Retire Bush’ Contest Winner
The prize, an original drawing by Edward Sorel, is awarded to Kristen Wack. Here is what she thinks Bush should do in retirement, along with some other ideas.
Feb 4, 2009 / The Editors
Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates? Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates?
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill reports that while Blackwater's Iraq contract won't be renewed, the powerful military corporation has no plans to slow down.
Feb 4, 2009 / Brett Story
From My Inbox: Pledge-a-Picket for New Clinic in Montana From My Inbox: Pledge-a-Picket for New Clinic in Montana
Dr. Susan Wicklund, whose 2008 book This Common Secret, detailed her life as an abortion provider, has just opened a clinic in Livingston, Montana. Even before it opened on Febru...
Feb 4, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Will Geithner and Summers Destroy the US Economy? Will Geithner and Summers Destroy the US Economy?
That's more or less what the usually understated Yves Smith says today about the preview of the Obama TARP plan, "Team Obama is taking the cowardly approach of distributing the co...
Feb 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Mail Matters Mail Matters
Will the Obama administration reaffirm the civic mandate of the Postal Service that was damaged during the Bush years?
Feb 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard R. John
Toxic Coal in Tennessee Toxic Coal in Tennessee
A massive coal sludge spill reveals the Tennessee Valley Authority has become a poster child for the failures of self-regulation.
Feb 4, 2009 / Feature / Kelly Hearn