The Most Terrifying Video You’ll Ever See The Most Terrifying Video You’ll Ever See
Thanks to Nation reader Sarah Emily Labance for introducing me to this brilliant and frightening video. It's the best argument I've seen yet for taking immediate action on climate...
Nov 2, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Around The Nation Around The Nation
It's hard to believe that a year ago this week we were watching President Obama's stunning victory. At The Nation, we were jubilant about a new era of possibility opened up by the ...
Nov 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP” “Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP”
Richard Viguerie, the legendary hard-right activist who spent much of the past decade arguing that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were too liberal, now declares that the days of e...
Nov 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
I've got a new Think Again column called "Obama's Commie Past Exposed Yet Again," and it's here. Here's what I did last night. How were things in your city?
Oct 30, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Being a Woman is Not a Pre-Existing Condition Being a Woman is Not a Pre-Existing Condition
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Fernanda Diaz. One of the most appalling practices of the health insurance industry is to deny women coverage because...
Oct 30, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Iran Split on Nukes Iran Split on Nukes
One thing I heard over and over again during my visit to Tehran in June was that the two sides in Iran's political divide were intent on sabotaging any US-Iran deal concluded by t...
Oct 30, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Oh, Brother… Oh, Brother…
I've got a new Think Again column called "Obama's Commie Past Exposed Yet Again," and it's here.
Oct 29, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Pelosi’s Not-So-Robust Public Option Pelosi’s Not-So-Robust Public Option
The public option was always a compromise for serious supporters of health-care reform, who -- like Barack Obama when he was running for the Senate in 2003 -- knew that a single-p...
Oct 29, 2009 / John Nichols
Free Mohammad Othman, Part 2 Free Mohammad Othman, Part 2
This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Andrea D'Cruz. Mohammad Othman, the Palestinian Stop the Wall and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions activist, had his det...
Oct 28, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
J Street, Obama, and Israel J Street, Obama, and Israel
I spent yesterday afternoon at the J Street conference, the meeting of the "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobbying group that was founded last year. (A piece that I'd written on J Street ...
Oct 28, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss