The Week Ahead The Week Ahead
Correspondent Greg Kaufmann writes in with a look at the week ahead on the Hill: Here's the big stuff everyone will cover: The $825 billion recovery package will be taken up by t...
Jan 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Star Wars Star Wars
The only film ever made that could be said to have cost the United States government billions--in a missile defense system that only Hollywood could make work.
Jan 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
‘Global Gag Rule’ Lifted ‘Global Gag Rule’ Lifted
With little fanfare, Obama has reversed one of the most damaging GOP policies ever visited on developing nations, which deprived millions of women of family planning services.
Jan 25, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Feingold Proposes Direct Election of ALL Senators Feingold Proposes Direct Election of ALL Senators
Following New York Governor David Paterson's controversial selection of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy created by the resignation of Secretary of State Hillary...
Jan 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Gaza War Pushes Arabs to the Brink Gaza War Pushes Arabs to the Brink
Anger is boiling over in the Middle East over Gaza, and -- exactly as I predicted -- the result of the war has been to boost radicalism throughout the region, to strengthen the te...
Jan 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath
Hollywood was concerned that the saga of the Joads might send a "pro-Communist" message, but in the end, even Whittaker Chambers liked this film, which says something.
Jan 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Franz Hoellering
Rockefeller Drugs Laws: Ripe for Reform Rockefeller Drugs Laws: Ripe for Reform
New York activists who oppose the state's repressive drug laws are optimistic about the new political landscape but unsure of whether politicians will embrace the necessary radical...
Jan 23, 2009 / Feature / Sarah Arnold
The Godfather The Godfather
If one Paramount exec had his way, Don Corleone would have been played by Danny Thomas. Fortunately, Francis Coppola had no interest in turning Mario Puzo's novel into Make Room Fo...
Jan 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
City Lights City Lights
Though the era of talking films was well underway, this lovely silent film about the Little Tramp and a poor blind girl remained Charlie Chaplin's personal favorite.
Jan 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Bakshy
AC Thompson on Victims and Vigilantes AC Thompson on Victims and Vigilantes
Nation contributor A.C. Thompson discusses vigilante violence in New Orleans in the days after the Hurricane Katrina.
Jan 23, 2009 / Brett Story