Thoughts on the Press (Conference) Thoughts on the Press (Conference)
I was in the East Room of the White House last night for the press conference. I was, alas, not one of the 13 journalists given an opportunity to ask the president a question, tho...
Mar 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Obama Rallies Nation Obama Rallies Nation
No president can perform miracles. In his second press conference, President Obama acted as the nation's chief counselor--as well as its commander in chief. He spoke of the virtu...
Mar 25, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
LGBT Victory — With an Emphasis on T — in Gainseville LGBT Victory — With an Emphasis on T — in Gainseville
"I love this town," Gainesville City Commissioner Craig Lowe shouted to cheering supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the north-central Florida city that...
Mar 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Specter Stabs Unions in the Back Specter Stabs Unions in the Back
A Democratic politician once said of Arlen Specter that he's "always there when you don't need him." Well, the Employee Free Choice Act, was one place where we did need him. He wa...
Mar 24, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Get Real on Sex Ed Get Real on Sex Ed
There's an under-reported health care crisis brewing in this country: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study reports at least one in four teenage girls -- ages 14 to 1...
Mar 24, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Awards Season Awards Season
The Nation was honored this week with two National Magazine Awardnominations. Columnist Naomi Klein was recognized for "Columns andCommentary" for her work in 2008. Our Contribut...
Mar 24, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Poles, Czechs Don’t Like Our Missiles Poles, Czechs Don’t Like Our Missiles
We don't need no steenkin' missile defenses! That's the message emanating from Eastern Europe. The proposed "anti-Iranian" missile systems aren't popular in Poland and the Czech ...
Mar 23, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghanistan: Waiting for the “Exit Strategy” Afghanistan: Waiting for the “Exit Strategy”
It's Afghanistan week, with President Obama's Afghanistan review complete and the new strategy for the war set to be released any day now. In his 60 Minutes interview, Obama sugge...
Mar 23, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Mr. Cheney, What About This ‘Executive Assassination Squad’? Mr. Cheney, What About This ‘Executive Assassination Squad’?
Dick Cheney is not going to fade away. George Bush may have retreated to Texas to clear brush and ponder how things went so horribly wrong. But Cheney, who failed out of the univ...
Mar 23, 2009 / John Nichols
Spitzer for Treasury? Spitzer for Treasury?
Frank Rich is right. Firing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner won't get us out of the economic disaster we're in. But at this time of righteous rage, deploying Geithner and Lawr...
Mar 22, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel