2009: Looking Back on the Year and a Decade 2009: Looking Back on the Year and a Decade
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel joins a panel discussion and takes a look back on the past decade, which some are calling "the worst ever."
Dec 23, 2009 / GRITtv
GOP Gets Desperate to Block Health Reform GOP Gets Desperate to Block Health Reform
The Nation's DC editor Chris Hayes weighs in on the petty tone currently defining the Senate's healthcare battle.
Dec 22, 2009 / Countdown
Investigative Reporting: ‘Luxury Item’? Investigative Reporting: ‘Luxury Item’?
Jane Mayer offers a perspective on the troubling losses in the field of investigative reporting. Investigative reporting, which is a slow, expensive undertaking, has become a "luxu...
Dec 20, 2009 / The Nation Video
The Nation Interviews David Plouffe The Nation Interviews David Plouffe
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, David Plouffe, former campaign manager of Obama for America, talks healthcare, messaging, and organizing after election day.
Dec 18, 2009 / Ari Melber
Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola
Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) discusses his subcommittee's investigation into charges that the Department of Defense is essentially bribing Taliban warlords so US supply lines can safel...
Dec 18, 2009 / CNN
The GOP Smear Machine The GOP Smear Machine
Did the White House threaten to close a military base in Nebraska if Sen. Nelson didn't vote for health reform? No, but the accuracy is meaningless when it comes to the GOP smear m...
Dec 18, 2009 / Countdown
Afghanistan Escalation Ramps Up Contractor Presence Afghanistan Escalation Ramps Up Contractor Presence
Jeremy Scahill argues that as the Afghanistan escalation ramps up, President Obama is "surpassing Bush-era level of reliance on...for for-profit war corporations."
Dec 16, 2009 / MSNBC
Save the Dream, Keep the Home Save the Dream, Keep the Home
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America helps prevent foreclosures by bringing banks to the negotiating table with mortgage holders.
Dec 16, 2009 / Greg Kaufmann and Ryan Carpenter
Naomi Klein: US Politicians, Don’t Come to Copenhagen Naomi Klein: US Politicians, Don’t Come to Copenhagen
The climate talks are heading into their final three days, and Naomi Klein worries that US politicians have run out of time to broker the deal that's needed.
Dec 15, 2009 / Katherine Goldstein
What I’d Like to Say to Lieberman What I’d Like to Say to Lieberman
Everyone has something to say about Joe Lieberman, something to say to Joe Lieberman, and something they'd say if they were Joe Lieberman.
Dec 15, 2009 / MSNBC