Taking On Poverty and Inequality Taking On Poverty and Inequality
The theme at the Democratic Convention in Denver yesterday was "RenewingAmerica's Promise"--the Democrats' plan to grow the economy andrestore fairness so that it works for all o...
Aug 27, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
US Massacres Afghan Kids US Massacres Afghan Kids
So how, exactly, did the United States come to slaughter nearly a hundred Afghans, two-thirds of whom were children aged three months to sixteen years, while they slept? And what ...
Aug 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Nation’s Victor Navasky on Democratic Conventions Past and The Nation’s Victor Navasky on Democratic Conventions Past and
The Nation's Publisher Emeritus reflects on every convention since 1956--and ahead to Obama's historic moment.
Aug 27, 2008 / The Nation Video and Brett Story
Famous in Japan Famous in Japan
Standing in line outside the Pepsi Center last night, sandwiched in between a group of rowdy lobbyists from Tennessee and what appeared to be the boys choir of Minnesota, the thou...
Aug 27, 2008 / Richard Kim
Mixed Feelings at the DNC Mixed Feelings at the DNC
There was caution as well as exuberance at the Democratic Convention Monday night. First the exuberance - the place was packed to the brim. The first thing I heard when I reached t...
Aug 27, 2008 / Laura Flanders
The Cold War President The Cold War President
He lacks the chops to deal with our economic crisis, so McCain's best strategy is to run as the President who'll fight the next cold war. Scary thing: he might win.
Aug 27, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Serving the Country Serving the Country
How the presidential candidates plan to change the face of volunteering in America.
Aug 27, 2008 / The Nation
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pantsuits Sisterhood of the Travelling Pantsuits
Hillary Clinton knocked it out of the park Tuesday night. It was a speech defined by grace, feistiness, sly wit, generosity toward her former rival and by a powerful nod to the ...
Aug 27, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Right Speech — For Clinton and Obama The Right Speech — For Clinton and Obama
DENVER -- Even the Obama delegates were reaching for Clinton signs. Such was the intensity of the moment, as delegates of every political stripe grabbed up the white signs -- "Pa...
Aug 27, 2008 / John Nichols
Confusion About Clinton Confusion About Clinton
I just did a live bit of commentary on Al Jazeera's English channel and even across the pond, all they wanted to talk about was the supposed and largely fictional intramural battl...
Aug 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes