The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament
"After a long winter of discontent we have the audacity to hope forspringtime.... But there are miles to go before we sleep."--Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapalawe, President ofPugwas...
May 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reviving Anti-Trust Reviving Anti-Trust
The New York Times has a piece today about the Obama administration's intention to actually enforce anti-trust provisions, a shocking departure from the actions of the last admini...
May 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Geithner’s Stressless Stress Tests Geithner’s Stressless Stress Tests
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner reveals the results of the banks' written exams. All nineteen banks passed...the pass/pass test
May 11, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism
Fools look for a fight between newspapers and the net. The challenge is to defend print and digital journalism, in an age of big-media myopia.
May 11, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
US General Builds A Palestinian Army US General Builds A Palestinian Army
Last Thursday, in what was billed as his very first on-the-record address, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, U.S. security coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, spoke to the ...
May 11, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
On Elizabeth Edwards On Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth was smart, tough and unafraid of political engagement. Hers was a story that resonated with women across partisan differences.
May 11, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Mother’s Day for Peace Mother’s Day for Peace
It makes sense that the best way to honor a mother is to work to end wars that kill her sons, but the true origin of Mother's Day has been buried under an avalanche of flowers and...
May 10, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Cheney Joins Grand Old Party of Limbaugh Cheney Joins Grand Old Party of Limbaugh
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has made himself the most prominent spokesman for the Republican establishment in recent weeks. But for the most part he has confined himself to ...
May 10, 2009 / John Nichols
Around The Nation Around The Nation
In March, The Nation and Nation Books hosted an event in New York Cityin conjunction with the release of our book Meltdown: How Greed andCorruption Shattered Our Financial Syste...
May 10, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pawn in Their Game Pawn in Their Game
Major League Baseball continues to think that embarrassing individual players like Manny Ramirez is the best path to cleaning up the sport.
May 8, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin