Helping Afghan Women and Girls Helping Afghan Women and Girls
As the coalition I'm working with--Get Afghanistan Right--continues to make the case that the Obama administration would be wise to rethink its plan to escalate militarily in Afg...
Feb 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mystery of the Missing Pardons Mystery of the Missing Pardons
Why were there no mentions of pardons before Bush boarded that helicopter to obscurity?
Feb 2, 2009 / Terry Jones
Stimulus: One Percent for the Imagination Stimulus: One Percent for the Imagination
One percent of the stimulus package should be spent on rehabilitating America's crumbling cultural infrastructure.
Feb 2, 2009 / Feature / John Cavanagh, E. Ethelbert Miller, and Melissa Tuckey
Obama: The Mayor of Bummer City Obama: The Mayor of Bummer City
Obama urges Americans to remember the good times because the economic outlook gives little cause for hope.
Feb 2, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
What to Expect This Week on the Hill What to Expect This Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann: The Senate takes up the Recovery bill this week. It passed with no Republican support in the House but will need a couple Senators to cross the Grand Obstruc...
Feb 2, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Slide Show: Waltz With Bashir Slide Show: Waltz With Bashir
Images from the graphic novel about the 1982 Lebanon War.
Feb 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
The Recession Bowl The Recession Bowl
In America's first hard-times Super Bowl, superb athletes and a thrillingly played game rose to the challenge. Maybe the country can, too.
Feb 2, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Sunnis, Nationalists Make Gains in Iraq Sunnis, Nationalists Make Gains in Iraq
Preliminary, mostly leaked, results from the elections in Iraq suggest a tectonic shift away from ultrareligious Shiite parties and separatist Kurds, with nationalists, secular pa...
Feb 2, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Daschle Must Go (UPDATED) Daschle Must Go (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Sunday night, I urged President Barack Obama to withdraw former SenatorTom Daschle's nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services inorder to "revive the change br...
Feb 1, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Jazz Singer The Jazz Singer
Hollywood's first talking film marked the beginning of the end for some of cinema's biggest stars, but it did preserve the talent of Al Jolson on celluloid.
Feb 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Bakshy