Nation Conversations: Obama and the World Nation Conversations: Obama and the World
How much has foreign policy really changed under Obama?
Nov 10, 2010 / The Nation
Seminars at Sea: Jeremy Scahill on How Obama is Expanding Bush’s Wars Seminars at Sea: Jeremy Scahill on How Obama is Expanding Bush’s Wars
According to Scahill, foreign policy isn't that different today from what it was during the Bush years—if anything, Obama has increased secrecy around issues like torture...
Nov 10, 2010 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia
At the conclusion of a campaign season marred by Islamaphobic flash-points, how will politicians' increasing scapegoating of Muslim communities play out on the national and inter...
Nov 8, 2010 / The Nation
Our Tweeters Speak On The Midterms Our Tweeters Speak On The Midterms
Our new weekly poll seemed to be resonating with our site users incensed with the midterm results so we put the question to The Nation's Twitter followers: "How do you f...
Nov 4, 2010 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Judy Collins on a Life in Music and Politics Nation Conversations: Judy Collins on a Life in Music and Politics
On this year's Nation Cruise, folk singer and life-long activist Judy Collins treated The Nation's readers, editors and writers to a humorous and engaging conversation with pol...
Nov 3, 2010 / The Nation
Slide Show: Big Wins and Big Losses in Midterms 2010 Slide Show: Big Wins and Big Losses in Midterms 2010
Democrats suffered big losses last night, ceding more seats than either party had lost in midterm elections since Franklin Roosevelt. Republicans now have control of the Hous…
Nov 3, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Follow Election Night Live with The Nation! Follow Election Night Live with The Nation!
Results, reactions, and analysis from Nation editors live throughout the night.
Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation
Tell Us Your Election Day Stories Tell Us Your Election Day Stories
Did you have an observation at the polls today that you'd like to share? A story about something you heard or witnessed? A voting experience you think we should know about? Share y...
Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation
Slide Show: Nation Readers’ Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century Slide Show: Nation Readers’ Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century
Peter Dreier's list of the fifty most influential progressives of the twentieth century honored the people who moved progressive ideas in America from the marginal to the mainstream, but his list could only include a handful of all those who have contributed to this tradition. We asked our readers to nominate the American progressives who have made the biggest difference in the twentieth century, and Dreier has now created a list of eleven more progressives you told us are deserving of our recognition. You can read Dreier's complete biographies here, with suggestions for further reading.
Nov 2, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Seminars at Sea: Jim Hightower and Chris Hayes on Populism in Politics Seminars at Sea: Jim Hightower and Chris Hayes on Populism in Politics
The impacts of populism on America's political landscape.
Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation