Around The Nation Around The Nation

Last week The Nation, and our friends at Campus Progress, hosted theFourth Annual National Youth Student Journalism conference, a gathering ofstudents and award-winning journalis...

Jul 15, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Cheney, High-Level Wrongdoing Must Be Focus of Inquiries Cheney, High-Level Wrongdoing Must Be Focus of Inquiries

Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, the chief critic of executive excess and wrongdoing in the Senate during recent Republican and Democratic administrations, wants Attorney General ...

Jul 15, 2009 / John Nichols

Sotomayor Says Roe Is “Settled Law,” Still Gets GOP Props Sotomayor Says Roe Is “Settled Law,” Still Gets GOP Props

The second day of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing proceeded as smoothly as the first, even as the judge placed herself firmly in the camp of those who ...

Jul 14, 2009 / John Nichols

Stop the F-22 Stop the F-22

This post was written by Sarah Jaffe, a blogger, freelance journalist and Nation intern. As symbols of the overinflated military budget go, the F-22 takes the cake. The Washing...

Jul 14, 2009 / Peter Rothberg

“Women Commandos” in Iran “Women Commandos” in Iran

On Monday, the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington assembled an all-star panel of analysts for perspective on the role of women in the recent Iran election and post-election uphea...

Jul 13, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

Hungry for Change Hungry for Change

With a nod to the wonderful Nation magazine feature conceived by Walter Mosley, here's a list of ten simple things you can do to help change our food system for the better, drawn ...

Jul 13, 2009 / Peter Rothberg

The Politics of Pecora The Politics of Pecora

If there's one thing that everyone seems to agree on, it's that the current financial crisis is complicated. There's two problems with this. First, it's not, fundamentally, true. ...

Jul 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes

GOP Senator Says Attacks on Sotomayor “Mainly About Politics” GOP Senator Says Attacks on Sotomayor “Mainly About Politics”

"Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed," South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham told Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. "And I don't think you wil...

Jul 13, 2009 / John Nichols

Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain

In a brilliant essay in a recent issue of the London Review of Books ("The Irresistible Illusion, July 9), Rory Stewart, the Director of the Carr Center on Human Rights Policy at ...

Jul 13, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Holder Launches Torture-Inquiry Trial Balloon Holder Launches Torture-Inquiry Trial Balloon

Quick, to the political dictionary.

Look up the phrase "trial balloon."

Next to it you will find a photograph of Attorney General Eric Holder.

Jul 12, 2009 / John Nichols