Obama’s Cardinal Rule –No CNN or MSNBC. Obama’s Cardinal Rule –No CNN or MSNBC.
It's a media rule by now that at the tail end of a campaign, we get the story about the leading candidate's "body man." That is, the personal aide who shadows the candidate and an...
May 27, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Which Bob Barr is Running for President? Which Bob Barr is Running for President?
Statements made by political parties, especially around the time of their nominating conventions are, necessarily, suspect. So what should we make of the Libertarian Party's late...
May 27, 2008 / John Nichols
Budget Hero Budget Hero
American Public Media just released a new online video game that I find insanely addictive. It's called Budget Hero and it allows you to manipulate the federal budget in order to ...
May 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Collateral Damage Collateral Damage
In America's drug war: Earlier this year, police in Tallahassee, Florida raided the home of college student Rachel Hoffman, who friends say was a bit of a hippie-ish free spirit,...
May 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Brave Nation Award Brave Nation Award
Meet Ashley Casale. Ashley is a young woman who organized a peace march that started in May 2007 in San Francisco and ended four months later in Washington DC raising awareness an...
May 27, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Got Milk? Get Investigated Got Milk? Get Investigated
State and federal authorities are relying on undercover agents to entrap dairy farmers.
May 27, 2008 / Feature / David E. Gumpert
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
This week, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel reflects on the role of independent media in turbulent political waters.
May 27, 2008 / Radio Nation
Memorializing Memorializing
Hope everyone enjoyed the Memorial Day Weekend. I took a long walk down the entire length of the Mall yesterday and it was deeply affecting: Vietnam veterans and their families cl...
May 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Generation Progressive Generation Progressive
A recent report shows that young people favor universal health care, strong labor unions, and economic equality.
May 27, 2008 / The Nation
How the Pentagon Engulfed the World How the Pentagon Engulfed the World
Here are words to pin to the Bush years like a wilting corsage: "We don't know what we paid for." That's a quote from Mary Ugone, the Defense Department's deputy inspec...
May 27, 2008 / TomDispatch