The Day After Fidel The Day After Fidel
Most authoritarians leave office in a coup or a coffin. Fidel Castro is leaving on his own terms.
Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Where Did the Water Come In? Where Did the Water Come In?
Reverend Jesse Jackson was in New Delhi to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi but the subprime crisis back home was also on his mind. He phoned and ...
Feb 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rigged Trials at Gitmo Rigged Trials at Gitmo
In an exclusive interview, Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for Guantánamo's military commissions, says that the Pentagon has foreclosed the possibility of acquitt...
Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Ross Tuttle
The History of Hope The History of Hope
Voters drawn to Barack Obama are often criticized as naive. But appeals to our collective hope for a more decent society are core to the American experience.
Feb 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Peter Dreier
Peace Sign Turns Fifty Peace Sign Turns Fifty
Thanks to my colleague Scott Klein for telling me that the Peace Sign, one of the most widely known symbols in the world, turns fifty this week. It was first displayed on home-mad...
Feb 19, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
The Film We Dreamed The Film We Dreamed
In Zeroville, Steve Erickson explores New Hollywood's promise and doom and the dissolution of cinema into spectacle.
Feb 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
Wisconsin Put Trade on the Agenda Wisconsin Put Trade on the Agenda
If the 2008 Wisconsin Democratic primary contest is remembered for anything it will be as the place where an unfocused debate on economics began to get serious about the issue of ...
Feb 19, 2008 / John Nichols
Give Dennis Kucinich His Due Give Dennis Kucinich His Due
Routinely ridiculed as a political eccentric, Kucinich is a braver progressive than most. As he fights for his political life, he deserves our support.
Feb 19, 2008 / Steve Cobble
Wanted: More White Babies Wanted: More White Babies
A look at a cynical Christian Conservative effort to export the U.S. culture wars.
Feb 18, 2008 / Kathryn Joyce, The Nation Video, and Brett Story
Google Puts Your Data in a Corner Google Puts Your Data in a Corner
Facebook is still feeling the heat over its Hotel California data policy, which hordes users' private information even after they try to desert the site. The Times' Maria Aspan has...
Feb 18, 2008 / Ari Melber