Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan
Obama's plan to de-escalate the war in Iraq only to ramp up another in Afghanistan just might work. It could also entrap the US in an even wider quagmire.
Jul 15, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Standing Up to FISA Standing Up to FISA
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel's recent post explained why The Nation has joined with the ACLU in a lawsuit filed in the US District Court of New York challengi...
Jul 15, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Uncomplicated Uncomplicated
Slavoj Žižek's newest book may cause readers to conclude that the superstar philosopher has misplaced his marbles.
Jul 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Miller
Term Limits: Our National Obsession With Late-Term Abortion Term Limits: Our National Obsession With Late-Term Abortion
The debate over late-term abortion has lasted long enough. It's a phony issue designed to undermine our trust in women.
Jul 14, 2008 / Jessica Arons
McCain Learns How to Use a Computer McCain Learns How to Use a Computer
McCain, the self-proclaimed 'illiterate,' computer non-user gets excited about a one-hour CD that guarantees it can teach him this 'complicated' technology.
Jul 14, 2008 / YouTube
The New Yorker Cover Controversy The New Yorker Cover Controversy
Laura Flanders leads a panel discussion featuring Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker about the controversial Barack Obama cover.
Jul 14, 2008 / GRITtv
Edwards Defends Obama’s Iraq Policy Edwards Defends Obama’s Iraq Policy
Appearing on Good Morning America, John Edwards speaks out against false claims that Barack Obama has flip-flopped on Iraq.
Jul 14, 2008 / YouTube
Hold China Accountable on Darfur Hold China Accountable on Darfur
Don't let Olympic fever obscure the role China plays in the Sudanese government's reign of terror, rape and killing.
Jul 14, 2008 / Ruth Messinger and Jerry Fowler
Bad Ju Ju Bad Ju Ju
This Week: Congresswoman Kang is ill at ease as she contemplates the fate of her chief of staff and prepares to go to the source of part of her woes: secretive, manipulative billio...
Jul 14, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
A Short Till-Death-Do-Us-Part History of Bush’s Wars A Short Till-Death-Do-Us-Part History of Bush’s Wars
In Bush's wars, the singer dies, the bride does not get a chance to run away, and the event might be relabeled my big, fat, collateral damage wedding.
Jul 14, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt