-
Feature
The People vs. Michael Chertoff
To build a fence on the US border with Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security seized land without trials or negotiations.
Brett Story
-
Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate
The retired Cuban dictator has played a vital role in every U.S. presidential election for the last fifty years.
Greg Grandin
-
Labor’s War on Global Warming
Together, unions can force the government to take on the issue of green-collar jobs.
Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello and Brendan Smith
-
Eulogy for an Independent Bookstore
No chain stores or web sites can replace Dutton’s in the hearts of the LA literati.
Jessica Teich
-
The People’s Ball
How Saul Alinsky would plan Obama’s inauguration, and his government.
Nicholas von Hoffman
-
Talking to Nader
The independent candidate discusses Obama, healthcare, and why the heck he’s running.
Laura Flanders
-
Truth and Consequences
Who’s more to blame in the Love and Consequences hoax: the faux ghetto girl or the credulous book editors and reviewers who so eagerly snapped up her story?
Amy Alexander
-
The Bad Guys Bust a Move
Our Story: Chet Kimbrough, Congresswoman Kang’s Chief of Staff, does some investigating on his own and puts in motion events that will endanger him and hint at larger doings.
Gary Phillips
-
How to Swim Against the Current
People are wriggling free of the fetters of corporate culture.
Jim Hightower and Susan DeMarco
-
-
Who Would Jesus Vote For?
The new evangelicals are rejecting the religious right and embracing a broader social gospel.
Bob Moser
-
Editorial
Against Sexual Scandal
In just two days, Eliot Spitzer went from white knight to shamed ex-governor. But the real loser in all of this is sex itself.
Lauren Berlant
-
The Fall of the American Consumer
We have been the world’s designated shoppers, and, if we fall down on the job, we take the global economy with us.
Barbara Ehrenreich
-
The Math on Government Spending
Proving once and for all that progressive economic projects are worth more than tax cuts.
Daniel Carol
-
State of Confusion
The caucus was raucous and the rancor will continue for weeks. But if you’re a Democrat in the Lone Star State, these are good times, baby.
Mary Mapes
-
Nation Notes
Amy Alexander, a frequent Nation contributor, has been named an Alfred Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute.
The Editors
-
-
Noted.
Victor Navasky on William F. Buckley, John Nichols on Dennis Kucinich, Amy Traub on America’s mayors.
The Editors
-
The Sisterhood Split
Let’s use this moment to push for the feminism we’ve all been fighting for.
Jessica Valenti
-
Will Democracy Win?
Clinton’s scorched-earth tactics have helped put the integrity of the electoral process at risk. Do Democrats have the will to make the process fair?
The Editors
-
GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!
-
Column
Spitzer’s Shame is Wall Street’s Gain
Why should we get all worked up over the revelation that the New York governor paid for sex?
Robert Scheer
-
(Some) Jews Against Obama
What do neocons and their media mouthpieces fear most about Obama’s stance on Israel? Could it be honesty?
Eric Alterman
-
House of Cards
It would be truly tragic if John McCain strolls into the White House while we argue over who has it worse, black men or white women.
Patricia J. Williams
-
-
Books & the Arts
Professing Literature in 2008
Why is the intellectual agenda of English departments being set by teenagers?
William Deresiewicz
-
Truth and Consequences
Who’s more to blame in the Love and Consequences hoax: the faux ghetto girl or the credulous book editors and reviewers who so eagerly snapped up her story?
Amy Alexander
-
-
Daring Intransigence
Gustave Courbet’s blunt pictorial style and taciturn sensibility prefigured the ambivalence and photographic exactitude of modern painting.
Barry Schwabsky
-
Shadowplays
In a pair of groundbreaking books, Israeli historian Hillel Cohen explores the thorny issue of Palestinian collaboration with Zionists.
Neve Gordon
-
The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.
-
Letters