Slide Show: Historic Moments From Inauguration Day Slide Show: Historic Moments From Inauguration Day
Jan 20, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
A Commander-in-Chief Elected to End a War A Commander-in-Chief Elected to End a War
Barack Obama's presidency will be recorded in the history books as having begun on January 20, 2009, in Washington, D.C. In fact, it began on another, colder January night in Du...
Jan 20, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama’s Vindication of Thomas Paine Obama’s Vindication of Thomas Paine
"I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States ofAmerica will endure, that it will prevail, that the dream of ourfounders will live on in our time." Barack Obama, ...
Jan 20, 2009 / John Nichols
Tone and Challenge in the Obama Era Tone and Challenge in the Obama Era
"Never in our national history has there been so dramatic acoincidence as this simultaneous transfer of power and the complete collapse of a system and of a philosophy." Resonan...
Jan 20, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dick Cheney: The Final Interview Dick Cheney: The Final Interview
Dick Cheney says his farewells and, as per usual, makes no apologies for his tenure in office.
Jan 19, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
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