On War Crimes, Do We Have a Responsibility to Act? On War Crimes, Do We Have a Responsibility to Act?
If Israel in Gaza and the United States, through its use of torture in Iraq, have committed war crimes, what can be done?
Jan 28, 2009 / GRITtv
Maddow Grills Blago Maddow Grills Blago
Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tries to avoid admitting he tried to influence the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune.
Jan 28, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Disclosure Time Disclosure Time
Since the White House made it official today, I wanted to note as a matter of full disclosure that my wife Kate Shaw is now an attorney in the Office of the White House Counsel. O...
Jan 28, 2009 / Chris Hayes
A Vote Means Dignity A Vote Means Dignity
In 2007, the 600,000 disenfranchised residents of Washington, DC werejust three votes shy of overcoming aRepublican filibuster and passing legislation to givethem a voting repres...
Jan 28, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Labor Should Press Gillibrand On Trade Policy Labor Should Press Gillibrand On Trade Policy
Newly-minted New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is engaged in a political and ideological charm offensive -- moving left from the centrist (and in some cases Republican-lite) pos...
Jan 28, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama’s Better Bailout Obama’s Better Bailout
He's off to a good start, but it's up to ordinary people who are hurting in this economy, to make sure Obama bailout benefits them and not the power players.
Jan 28, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
CIW to Crist: End Slavery CIW to Crist: End Slavery
At The Nation we've written a lot about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The CIW is a worker's organization comprised chiefly of Latino, Haitian and Mayan Indian immigrants who...
Jan 28, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Updike Evaluated: The Writer as Matchmaker Updike Evaluated: The Writer as Matchmaker
One measure of his genius lay in his ability to invoke the hard beauty of a man endlessly wandering the labyrinth of his own needs, abusively fearful of broken spells.
Jan 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Josephine Hendin
Lost Your Job? Tell Your Story Lost Your Job? Tell Your Story
To take center stage in the current debate, joblessness must be made real in personal and policy terms. Jobless Americans, tell us what happened--and what you need most.
Jan 27, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Worth Fighting For Worth Fighting For
This has, all things considered, been a pretty great week for the republic: executive orders increasing government transparency, banning torture, and beginning the process of clos...
Jan 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes