Samantha Power: Obama and Me Samantha Power: Obama and Me
Samantha Power is Barack Obama's senior foreign policy adviser, but when his office first called her in 2005, she thought, "who is this guy?" Her 2003 book on genocide, ...
Feb 29, 2008 / Jon Wiener
On the Alert On the Alert
The ACLU has announced the U.S. "Terrorist Watch List" is veering ever closer to the 1-million mark, reaching over 900,000 names this week (up from 500,000 this past June). Despi...
Feb 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Washington-Based Antiwar Coalition Re-emerges Washington-Based Antiwar Coalition Re-emerges
Targets McCain, Iraq costs.
Feb 28, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
US Prisons: Still #1 US Prisons: Still #1
The United States' rapidly metastasizing prison population has reached a new milestone: as the NYT reports, today, more than one in 100 Americans are behind bars. For some groups...
Feb 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Faulty Helmets? Here’s Another $74 Million Faulty Helmets? Here’s Another $74 Million
When it comes to providing helmets for U.S. soldiers abroad, the Defense Department hasn't shown itself to be particularly discriminating in its choice of manufacturers. Last De...
Feb 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Working-Class Vote in Ohio The Working-Class Vote in Ohio
What issues matter to Ohio's blue-collar voters? JoAnn Wypijewski reports from the campaign trail.
Feb 28, 2008 / The Nation Video and Brett Story
The Stravinsky Shuffle The Stravinsky Shuffle
Why listen to Stravinksy in sequence when you can click shuffle on your iPod and rediscover the music anew?
Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
Patriot’s Inventory Patriot’s Inventory
a prisoner is bound and gagged in free fall
the backdoor gift exposes an exchange rift
while a cognitive switch haunts its own turncoat
Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anne Waldman
Banana Kings Banana Kings
The history of banana cultivation is rife with labor and environmental abuse, corporate skulduggery and genetic experiments gone awry.
Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso
Good Faith Good Faith
Two authors posit very different views on the problem of religious conflict in a supposedly secular age.
Feb 28, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare