Tone and Challenge in the Obama Era Tone and Challenge in the Obama Era
"Never in our national history has there been so dramatic acoincidence as this simultaneous transfer of power and the complete collapse of a system and of a philosophy." Resonan...
Jan 20, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
MLK’s Grassroots Legacy MLK’s Grassroots Legacy
From 1961 to 1966, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for The Nation on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. His 1965 contribution, "...
Jan 18, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Most Valuable Progressives: Code Pink’s Transition Most Valuable Progressives: Code Pink’s Transition
During the course of the soon-to-be-former Bush-Cheney interregnum, millions of Americans resisted the worst excesses of a lawless and irresponsible administration that led this c...
Jan 18, 2009 / John Nichols
Lowery’s Preaching, Not Warren’s, Will Illuminate Inaugural Day Lowery’s Preaching, Not Warren’s, Will Illuminate Inaugural Day
No one should be surprised that President-elect Barack Obama would choose self-promoting Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inaugural. Warren has been hustling fo...
Jan 18, 2009 / John Nichols
MLK-Inauguration Challenge MLK-Inauguration Challenge
I love the idea of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day of community service rather than a day to shop for bargains on mattresses and sweaters. The USA Service website lists ...
Jan 17, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Van Jones and the Green Revolution Van Jones and the Green Revolution
Van Jones, President of Green for All and a Nation contributor, came to DC on Thursday to talk to the House Select Committee on EnergyIndependence and Global Warming about a Gree...
Jan 16, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Connecting the Dots on Torture Connecting the Dots on Torture
It's a been a while since I was a practicing logician in college, but let me see if I can lay this out. 1) Yesterday, AG designee Eric Holder said, without hesitation that water-...
Jan 16, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Sort of Slacker Friday Sort of Slacker Friday
We've got a new Think Again column called "Scarborough's Fare" here andmy new Nation column, "Gaza Agonistes" is here. You will not find many people with less sympathy for Sum...
Jan 16, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Obama and the Middle East, Part IV Obama and the Middle East, Part IV
This is the fourth of a five-part series on Barack Obama's Middle East. Part V, on Iran, will appear Monday. Chances are fair to middling that a ceasefire in Gaza, ending Israel'...
Jan 16, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Now’s the Time for Congress to Demand Executive Accountability Now’s the Time for Congress to Demand Executive Accountability
The 111th Congress is already busy reviewing and confirming President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet picks. The Senate intends to complete hearings for most if not all of the nomine...
Jan 16, 2009 / John Nichols