Inaugural Journey Inaugural Journey
Traveling by train to Washington today, to witness an historic inauguration, summons memories of a very different inauguration, fifty-five years ago.
Jan 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Rock for Barack Rock for Barack
A concert unlike any Washington has seen unfolded Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial, expressing the hopes and dreams of a nation on the cusp of enormous change.
Jan 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Corbin Hiar
MLK’s Grassroots Legacy MLK’s Grassroots Legacy
From 1961 to 1966, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for The Nation on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. His 1965 contribution, "...
Jan 18, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Let the Party Begin! Let the Party Begin!
A mix of patriotism and Obamamania permeate the frigid air, as young Obama supporters stream into the Capital.
Jan 18, 2009 / Feature / Corbin Hiar
Most Valuable Progressives: Code Pink’s Transition Most Valuable Progressives: Code Pink’s Transition
During the course of the soon-to-be-former Bush-Cheney interregnum, millions of Americans resisted the worst excesses of a lawless and irresponsible administration that led this c...
Jan 18, 2009 / John Nichols
Lowery’s Preaching, Not Warren’s, Will Illuminate Inaugural Day Lowery’s Preaching, Not Warren’s, Will Illuminate Inaugural Day
No one should be surprised that President-elect Barack Obama would choose self-promoting Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inaugural. Warren has been hustling fo...
Jan 18, 2009 / John Nichols
MLK-Inauguration Challenge MLK-Inauguration Challenge
I love the idea of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day of community service rather than a day to shop for bargains on mattresses and sweaters. The USA Service website lists ...
Jan 17, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
A Night at the Opera A Night at the Opera
How many people can you stuff in a stateroom the size of a steamer trunk? At least twelve, apparently.
Jan 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Mark Van Doren
Prelude to an Inaugural Prelude to an Inaugural
A modest proposal of words Barack Obama might say when he takes the oath of office in Washington on Tuesday.
Jan 17, 2009 / Tom Engelhardt
A Very Different 100 Days A Very Different 100 Days
Many comparisons have been made between Obama and FDR. But the forty-fourth president will have a very different first 100 days.
Jan 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman