The Showdown Builds In Iran The Showdown Builds In Iran
Tens of thousands of people appeared on Tehran's streets today, again, despite Ayatollah Khamenei's clear warning that they'd be met with force and violence. According to reports...
Jun 20, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Ally on Iran Policy: Pat Buchanan Obama’s Ally on Iran Policy: Pat Buchanan
In this era of Democratic domination of the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, who is the new go-to man for counsel with regard to wise foreign policy s...
Jun 20, 2009 / John Nichols
For Single-Payer Healthcare For Single-Payer Healthcare
This post was written by Sarah Jaffe, a blogger, freelance journalist and Nation intern. Healthcare reform is on everyone's mind these days. President Obama has repeatedly stre...
Jun 19, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Charles PierceNewton, MA. Hey Doc: "There's a man in old Pawtucket/Sells steamed clams by the bucket/Sowhen I want clams in a bucket, I go to old Pawtucket/ 'Cause I'...
Jun 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman
The Ayatollah Throws Down the Gauntlet The Ayatollah Throws Down the Gauntlet
Speaking to a government-organized throng bused in from around Tehran and as far away as Qom, Iran's religious capital, and other cities -- a crowd, no doubt, vastly inflated by d...
Jun 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Americans for Financial Reform Americans for Financial Reform
In April, President Obama delivered a speech in which he alluded to the Sermon on the Mount to describe the stronger, more just economy he envisioned: "We cannot rebuild this econ...
Jun 19, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mistah Kurtz, Continued Mistah Kurtz, Continued
We've got a new Think Again column called "Chiller, Socialist Theater,"about how Obama's turning us Commie, here and my new Nation column is a tribute to the 50th anniversary of ...
Jun 18, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Don’t Cede More Economic Authority to Unaccountable Fed Don’t Cede More Economic Authority to Unaccountable Fed
The reviews are in on Barack Obama's plan to address the crisis of Wall Street speculation and casino capitalism that has dramatically increased the gap between working Americans ...
Jun 18, 2009 / John Nichols
A Very Corrupt Town A Very Corrupt Town
I sat down with Jake Blumgart of Campus Progress to talk about covering Washington DC. Here's a excerpt of our discussion of legislative battles over the future of the financial i...
Jun 17, 2009 / Chris Hayes
COIN Contradictions COIN Contradictions
From Greg Kaufmann: One problem with the Obama Administration's "Af-Pak" strategy -- aside from the lack of an exit strategy, air strikes, and a cost that threatens its ...
Jun 17, 2009 / Chris Hayes