A Year of Obama A Year of Obama
Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.
Nov 11, 2009 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Slide Show: The Obama Youth Slide Show: The Obama Youth
The Nation presents images of a unique moment in time: when America's youth rallied and organized in record numbers for the 2008 election.
Nov 5, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Obama, One Year On Obama, One Year On
Building a new political order will take more than one election.
Nov 4, 2009 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Promises Kept and Broken, One Year Later Promises Kept and Broken, One Year Later
There are the things the president is doing that he said he would do. These actions can draw plenty of criticism, but not genuine shock. Then there are the things he is not doing w...
Nov 4, 2009 / Editorial / Ari Melber
The Obama Generation, Revisited The Obama Generation, Revisited
The 2008 election galvanized young voters and organizers. One year later, where are they?
Nov 4, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Méndez Berry
Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail
Why Russia and China will sink Washington's Iran policy.
Oct 30, 2009 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
Afghanistan: A Special Issue Afghanistan: A Special Issue
The essays in our forum call into question many of the myths and faulty assumptions about the best course of US policy in Afghanistan.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / The Nation
Obama’s Fateful Choice Obama’s Fateful Choice
US Afghanistan policy should not be held hostage to the president's past rhetoric.
Oct 21, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
Nobel Peace Sparks War Nobel Peace Sparks War
It's peculiar, the vocabulary that makes a liability out of the Nobel Prize.
Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Obama’s Nobel Obama’s Nobel
Did the president deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize? No, of course not. But he still has a chance to earn it.
Oct 14, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors