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Foreclosed: The George W. Bush Story Foreclosed: The George W. Bush Story

The property is worth a lot less than when he took ownership in 2000, and the world is far more dangerous place. Now it's up to the rest of us to clean up the mess.

Nov 3, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Combat Vote Suppression Combat Vote Suppression

This longest election campaign in American history, soon to be concluded, has seen a record number of new voters registered. In Connecticut, more than 300,000 new voters have a...

Nov 3, 2008 / Peter Rothberg

Saturday Night Live’s Olbermann Sketch, Starring Ben Affleck Saturday Night Live’s Olbermann Sketch, Starring Ben Affleck

What if Keith Olbermann delivered a scathing special comment in defense of his fluffy white cat?

Nov 3, 2008 / Saturday Night Live

Election Obsessed? Prepare for the Withdrawal Election Obsessed? Prepare for the Withdrawal

The Nation's Ari Melber discusses 'Election Obsession' and the internet's role in the public's high-level of participation.

Nov 3, 2008 / The Today Show

Nation Pundits More Predict Election 08 Nation Pundits More Predict Election 08

Chris Hayes, Laura Flanders, Leslie Savan, John Nichols, Andrew Gumbel and Ari Berman preview Election 2008.

Nov 3, 2008 / Radio Nation

McCain Joins Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live McCain Joins Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live

Tina Fey pokes fun at Sarah Palin's post-election ambitions, while McCain himself shows he still has a sense of humor.

Nov 3, 2008 / Saturday Night Live

The Better Angels of Our Nature The Better Angels of Our Nature

At the close of his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln spoke to those who would divide the United States. "We are not enemies, but friends," said the 16th president. "We mu...

Nov 2, 2008 / John Nichols

Studs Terkel: Missed Studs Terkel: Missed

Oral historian, rabble-rouser and grand old man of the American left, Studs Terkel died Friday at 96. From Robert LaFollette to Barack Obama he never pulled his punches through th...

Nov 2, 2008 / Peter Rothberg

Studs Terkel: Vigilant Optimist Studs Terkel: Vigilant Optimist

Studs Terkel always stood for the radical idea of the long memory. Telling the stories of our times, he remained to the end a vigilant optimist about civil rights and social progre...

Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro

Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It. Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It.

This item was originally posted on October 13. "In an otherwise desultory fall election, there is one lever New York voters can pull on Election Day that will make a real differe...

Nov 1, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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