Do Detainees Have Rights? Do Detainees Have Rights?
Some weeks ago, Anthony Romero, the Executive Director of the ACLU, showed me his copy of the executive orders that Barack Obama signed in January shutting down Guantanamo and the ...
Apr 14, 2009 / Eyal Press
Obama’s Wall Street Rat Pack Obama’s Wall Street Rat Pack
President Obama needs to ditch the idiot savants of high finance and bring in advisers dedicated to doing something more than gaming the economy.
Apr 14, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Music Returns to Afghanistan Music Returns to Afghanistan
Afghan Star is both the name of the popular American Idol-type Afghani television show and an award-winning film about its embattled contestants.
Apr 14, 2009 / YouTube
Can We Forget About Pirates, Please? Can We Forget About Pirates, Please?
There are two ways to read this, from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: "I am confident that we will be spending a lot of time in the situation room over the next few weeks tryi...
Apr 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Lingo: And Then Some Lingo: And Then Some
Would a master thesaurus contain the history of human perception?
Apr 14, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Laurels for Ange Mlinko Laurels for Ange Mlinko
Poet and Nation contributor Ange Mlinko has won the Randall Jarrell Award in Poetry Criticism for work that is "eclectic and astringent yet always lucid and generous."
Apr 14, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Hurricane Expert Fired by Bush Allies at LSU Hurricane Expert Fired by Bush Allies at LSU
Louisiana State University is firing a leading hurricane scientist who was scheduled to testify as an expert witness in a case against the Army Corps of Engineers for their pre-Kat...
Apr 14, 2009 / Jon Wiener
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 1950-2009 Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 1950-2009
I have only ever worn out one book. The first copy--which I still keep as an artifact of my 20s--became a palimpsest of sorts, its text underlined in four different colors of penci...
Apr 13, 2009 / Richard Kim
Reach Out to Cuba to Heal Guantánamo’s Wounds Reach Out to Cuba to Heal Guantánamo’s Wounds
As Obama seeks to remake the US-Cuba relationship, why not form a partnership to transform the prison into a health research center?
Apr 13, 2009 / Marcus G. Raskin and Joshua Frens-String
Rove and Cheney Return to Attack Mode Rove and Cheney Return to Attack Mode
The Nation's Ari Melber discusses former Bush aides' ongoing campaign to 'keep all of us distracted.'
Apr 13, 2009 / MSNBC