Looking Forward, Looking Back Looking Forward, Looking Back
At the end of each year, I write to our 30,000 Nation Associates--readers who make contributions to the magazine that provide nearly 20 percent of all the magazine's revenue--repo...
Dec 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Behind the Edwards Surge: Right Message at the Right Time Behind the Edwards Surge: Right Message at the Right Time
Much was made of Illinois Senator Barack Obama's superb speech to a huge crowd of Iowa Democrats at the mid-November Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines. Without a doubt, i...
Dec 26, 2007 / John Nichols
“Support The Troops” – Literally “Support The Troops” – Literally
There was plenty of talk about "supporting the troops" this year. Major newspapers referenced the vague phrase over 2,000 times in 2007 -- compared to about 3,100 refere...
Dec 24, 2007 / Ari Melber
The FBI Plan to Round Up 12,000 – in 1950 The FBI Plan to Round Up 12,000 – in 1950
A week after US troops were sent to fight in far-away country, the FBI proposed to the president that 12,000 people be rounded up and detained as "potentially dangerous" ...
Dec 24, 2007 / Jon Wiener
State of the World 2008 State of the World 2008
The United Nations' chief troubleshooter and mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, considers what should come next in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan and how US foreign foreign policy went so far ...
Dec 24, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
“On the Side of the Rebel Jesus” “On the Side of the Rebel Jesus”
The finest Christmas songs are never just Christmas songs. Though linked by reference of sentiment to the Christmastide, they are sufficiently universal in their themes to have m...
Dec 24, 2007 / John Nichols
Too Much of a Bad Thing Too Much of a Bad Thing
Hillary Clinton's touting her expertise over Obama--but is experience at political attack, mega-fundraising and cronyism really all that desirable?
Dec 21, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Muqtada al-Sadr’s Power Grab Muqtada al-Sadr’s Power Grab
The bad boy of Iraqi politics is going back to school. al-Sadr's plan to become an ayatollah has enormous implications for Iraqis and the United States.
Dec 21, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
Lawyers Stepping Up Lawyers Stepping Up
We are lawyers in the United States of America. As such, we have all taken an oath obligating us to defend the Constitution and the rule of law…. We believe the Bush adminis...
Dec 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hoppy’s Black Shirt, Lucy’s Redness, and George’s Magic Hour Hoppy’s Black Shirt, Lucy’s Redness, and George’s Magic Hour
Here's a little holiday quiz–all questions (and answers) drawn from my book, The End of Victory Culture. Think of this as the beginning of a secret cultural history in trivi...
Dec 21, 2007 / TomDispatch