Robert Byrd’s Anti-War Vote for Obama Robert Byrd’s Anti-War Vote for Obama
Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory last week in West Virginia. It is likely that she will be similarly rewarded tonight by the voters of Kentucky, a state that neighbors Wes...
May 20, 2008 / John Nichols
Jim Webb’s Time to Fight Jim Webb’s Time to Fight
Jim Webb can make the Four Seasons seem like a diner in Owensboro, Kentucky. It's that kind of blue-collar street cred that may be just what it takes to propel the first term Sena...
May 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger
Research subjects in developing countries--often the poorest, the sickest and with the fewest options--become more vulnerable.
May 19, 2008 / Feature / Sonia Shah
Taz Year Thirty Taz Year Thirty
Germany's leading left daily wins the fight to name a street after a leader of the 1968 student movement.
May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paul Hockenos
Introducing: Washington Post Watch Introducing: Washington Post Watch
Today we unveil a new weekly feature called Washington Post Watch, though given the shoddiness of the WaPo's editorial pages we might as well call it Shooting Fish in a Barrel. I...
May 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Radio Nation With Laura Flanders Radio Nation With Laura Flanders
Arthur C. Danto recalls Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Kim analyzes California's gay marriage ruling.
May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Radio Nation
This Week On Tap This Week On Tap
This week, election-season fireworks are expected as Sen. Harry Reid tries to shepherd through a series of House-backed votes on the $250-billion war supplemental bill, including ...
May 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
McCain’s Hamas Hypocrisy McCain’s Hamas Hypocrisy
The Nation's Chris Hayes takes on McCain's evolving position on Hamas. Turns out he was for talking to Hamas before he was against it.
May 19, 2008 / Press Room
Wheels Within Wheels Wheels Within Wheels
This week in Citizen Kang, a gun is brandished, feelings get hurt, clandestine meetings are suggested, and the watcher is watched.
May 19, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips