Death in Darfur Death in Darfur
Jen Marlowe In Darfur, even the schools are not safe, as I learned following a recent tragedy that cost six children their lives.
May 9, 2008 / Feature / Jen Marlowe
Federal Reserve Freakout Federal Reserve Freakout
The Fed scrambles for solutions to the mortgage meltdown--but saving prudent homeowners also involves bailing out a huge number of wealthy speculators. What good is that?
May 9, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Cluster Bombs Kill Kids Cluster Bombs Kill Kids
More than 100 governments, including virtually all major NATO allies, will gather in Dublin, Ireland to negotiate a global treaty banning cluster bombs on May 19. One important co...
May 9, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
This Brave Nation: Coming Soon This Brave Nation: Coming Soon
Take a sneak peek at the new documentary series from the Brave New Foundation and The Nation.
May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brave Nation
The Empire Strikes Barack The Empire Strikes Barack
Can the entire narrative of the last few months of the Democratic nomination fight be found in the second Star Wars film?
May 8, 2008 / Humanitainment
Newt Gingrich to GOP–Wake Up or Perish Newt Gingrich to GOP–Wake Up or Perish
In early 2007, The Nation published an extraordinary speech by Bill Moyers. In "A New Story for America," America's media conscience wrote of how "voters have provided a a respit...
May 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who Really Lost the Cold War? Who Really Lost the Cold War?
These days, the price of oil seems ever on the rise. A barrel of crude broke another barrier Wednesday -- $123 -- on international markets, and the talk is now of the sort of &quo...
May 8, 2008 / TomDispatch
McCain’s Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam McCain’s Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam
Since the media won't question McCain about his deeply bigoted pastor, it's up to you to call attention to this issue.
May 8, 2008 / Brave New Films and Mother Jones
Unlovable Unlovable
The contemporary art world, reflected in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, is themeless and heading in no identifiable direction.
May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Age of the Wooden Spoon The Age of the Wooden Spoon
The radical subjectivity and reckless politics of Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun find new expression in recent English translations and editions.
May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal