This Week’s Woman We Love to Hate This Week’s Woman We Love to Hate
Just in time for the Big Recession comes Nadya Suleman, the unemployed single mom with six kids under the age of seven plus a complete set of octuplets and no more sense than a ...
Feb 15, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Senate, House Approve Stimulus With Scant GOP Support Senate, House Approve Stimulus With Scant GOP Support
With the deciding vote cast by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown -- who interrupted preparations for his mother's funeral to return to Washington -- the U.S. Senate approved the $787 bil...
Feb 13, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new "Think Again" column here called, "FCC, Meet 'Change'"and a new Nation column called "Save the News, not the Newspaper," here. This just in: Brilliant guy comp...
Feb 13, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Power Shift 09 Power Shift 09
As the battle to pass the stimulus bill demonstrates, real change will not come easily. And it won't come at all without popular pressure pushing the White House and Congress on n...
Feb 13, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Daydream Believer Daydream Believer
We've got a new "Think Again" column here called, "FCC, Meet 'Change'" and a new Nation column called "Save the News, not the Newspaper," here. They give awards for this? And t...
Feb 12, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Senator Webb’s Act of Strength Senator Webb’s Act of Strength
UPDATE: Sen. Webb will introduce legislation today to overhaul the criminal justice system. **** Our criminal justice system is broken. The US represents 5 percent ofthe world'...
Feb 12, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
On Matters Constitutional: Honor Congressman Lincoln On Matters Constitutional: Honor Congressman Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, whose 200th birthday will be celebrated this day by the 44th president of the United States, served only two years in federal elected office before assuming the p...
Feb 11, 2009 / John Nichols
Around The Nation Around The Nation
A few quick items today from online and our orbit at The Nation that youmight have missed: • The Nation's sports correspondent, Dave Zirin, sparked debate thisweek with his...
Feb 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stimulus Deal Reached Stimulus Deal Reached
So it looks like the House and Senate have struck a deal on the stimulus package. The final figure is $789 billion, which, as many economists have argued is almost certainly too l...
Feb 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Today’s the Day to Donate to Tom Geoghegan Today’s the Day to Donate to Tom Geoghegan
Have you been wondering about the best possible moment to donate to the campaign of progressive labor lawyer/ writer/ activist Tom Geoghegan? As you may know, he's running in the...
Feb 11, 2009 / Katha Pollitt