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Feature
Will Peace Finally Come to Sri Lanka?
Decades of civil war have all but destroyed once-progressive Sri Lanka. Now that the army is closing in on Tamil rebels, what chance is there for real peace now?
Barbara Crossette
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The Student Loan Bailout
The credit crunch is hitting students hard, but is government aid going to shareholders and CEOs instead of the borrowers who need it most?
Cole Robertson
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To Live and Die in Gaza
As Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continues, a Nation contributor with roots in the region gives voice to the on-the-ground experience of those who have endured the attacks.
Laila Al-Arian
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The View From Tel Aviv
Israel’s attack on Gaza has benefited the current leadership, especially Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in pre-election polling. But do they have an exit strategy?
Hillel Schenker
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Episcopal Church Splits Over Gay Equality
The Episcopal Church’s promotion of an openly gay clergyman has created a serious rift within the religious community, threatening the future of the denomination.
Drew Haxby
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Q and A with Lakhdar Brahimi: What Next for Gaza?
Lakhdar Brahimi, a leading UN troubleshooter in the Middle East weighs in on the crisis in Gaza and speculates on how it may affect Obama’s presidency.
Barbara Crossette
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Pinter: Bare-Knuckled Citizen Playwright
In the end, Harold Pinter devoted himself to defining “the real truth of our lives and our societies.” Now that he’s gone, his twenty-nine plays will continue that rude, honorable and turbulent work.
Margaret Spillane
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NOPD Responds to Nation Investigation
After a report in The Nation revealed how white residents of New Orleans shot at African-American men in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city’s police will launch an investigation.
A.C. Thompson
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Redoing Globalization
The economic crisis was caused by world trade imbalances just as much as domestic problems.
Sherle R. Schwenninger
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How Obama Can Reform Russia Policy
The Obama administration simply cannot afford a confrontation with Russia, given the challenges we face elsewhere.
Anatol Lieven
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A Last Chance at Middle East Peace?
The two-state solution for Israel-Palestine will disappear for good if Obama doesn’t move fast.
Henry Siegman
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Iraq: The Necessary Withdrawal
The removal of US troops must be prompt, complete and coupled with smart diplomacy.
Juan Cole
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Dismantling the Imperial Presidency
Don’t assume that the end of the Bush administration marks the end of the imperial presidency he established.
Aziz Huq
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A Green Stimulus for the People
Obama’s environmental agenda can empower working people to take control of their energy use.
Lisa Margonelli
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Beyond Rubinomics
If we stimulate the economy and maintain high rates of growth, higher wages will create the savings required for investment.
Jeff Madrick
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A New New Deal?
Because conservatives refused to invest in our future, America is falling apart. Are we ready to expand the social contract?
Robert L. Borosage and Eric Lotke
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Editorial
Les Payne’s Too-Quiet Departure
A legendary African-American journalist is cast off by Newsday, and the profession is poorer for it.
Peter Eisner
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Vision for a New Foreign Policy
As a new president takes charge, it is time to talk together, to walk together and to work together. It is the only time we have.
Cora Weiss
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In Gaza, the War of ’48 Continues
Israel must decide, once and for all, which path it will take: reach a courageous resolution to the conflict, or prolong it indefinitely.
Akiva Eldar
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Israel’s New War Ethic
The masters of Israel's war on Gaza have fashioned a bizarre moral code that provides humanitarian assistance to the very civilians they are shooting at.
Neve Gordon
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Israel in Gaza: Irrationality
It is not rational to believe that the Palestinians in the occupied territories will be terrorized by force and violence, by cruelty, by starvation or by slaughter into a docile acceptance of the Israeli occupation.
Wallace Shawn
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A Memo to Obama on Israel
The following humble suggestions are based on my 70 years of experience as an underground fighter, member of the Knesset and founding member of a peace movement in Israel.
Uri Avnery
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Israel’s War Crimes
Israel’s assault on Gaza is a massive violation of international law. Nations that have supplied weapons and supported the siege are complicit in the crimes.
Richard Falk
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The Kiss
Let us pause, amid the muddle of the moment in this season of renewal and fresh starts, to consider fundamental things.
JoAnn Wypijewski
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Obama for America 2.0?
Barack Obama has mobilized the most connected national constituency in history. But can he use it to govern?
Ari Melber
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Good God, Bad God
If Rick Warren, Barack Obama and the gay community can find common ground, it’ll be on civil, not religious, grounds. So let’s separate church and state.
Richard Kim
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Noted.
A closer look at Obama’s “green team,” journalists behind bars and John Nichols on potential labor secretary Hilda Solis.
The Editors
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Ideas for a New Era
It’s time for progressives to create coalitions and craft smart strategies that will push Obama and the new Congress to seize this moment.
The Editors
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Column
Moral Blindness on Gaza
Why are we–in the media, politics and intelligentsia–so indifferent to the death and destruction in the latest phase of this interminable conflict?
Robert Scheer
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The Year in Political Sports
In 2008, the wall between sports and politics, which we are told is as immutable as Gibraltar, was not only challenged, it was thoroughly breached.
Dave Zirin
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Gaza Clouds Obama’s Prospects
So, why didn’t they give peace a chance? Why did the leaders of Hamas and Israel not wait for the incoming US president’s inauguration before mutually escalating hostilities?
Robert Scheer
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Cheney’s Legacy of Deception
In the end, the shame of Dick Cheney was total: unmitigated by any notion of a graceful departure, let alone the slightest obligation of honest accounting.
Robert Scheer
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Say Good Night, Charlie
Cutting Charlie Rangel loose would prove just how serious Obama is about transforming Washington’s toxic culture of self-enrichment.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
BookExpo 2012, Los Angeles
The hottest titles exorcise ghosts from our political past.
Will Heinrich
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The Uneasy Documentary Vision of Susan Meiselas
A new exhibit explores the remarkably sophisticated wellspring of social, political and ethical deliberation of Susan Meiselas’ photography.
Paul Roth
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Pinter: Bare-Knuckled Citizen Playwright
In the end, Harold Pinter devoted himself to defining “the real truth of our lives and our societies.” Now that he’s gone, his twenty-nine plays will continue that rude, honorable and turbulent work.
Margaret Spillane
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Ranters and Corantos: Renaissance Journalism
A Folger Library exhibit examines Renaissance journalism and the birth of newspapers.
Richard Byrne
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Back Talk: Tim Reiterman
A newsman who witnessed the carnage at Jonestown talks about the People’s Temple, the power of images and the state of news.
Christine Smallwood
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Point and Place: William Eggleston’s Vibrant Spaces
Democratic Camera: William Eggleston’s grand and gorgeous retrospective at the Whitney Museum.
Barry Schwabsky
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Living for the City: Robert Clifton Weaver’s Liberalism
A biography of Robert Clifton Weaver traces the life and times of an often misunderstood urban reformer.
Kim Phillips-Fein
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