How Will Obama Engage on Human Rights? How Will Obama Engage on Human Rights?
Bipartisanship promises to be even harder to achieve on human rights than it is on a stimulus package. Two pending decisions at the United Nations will reveal the depth of the admi...
Feb 9, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Save the Solis Nomination Save the Solis Nomination
Labor secretary-designee Hilda Solis is not a toxic asset in the Obama personnel portfolio. The GOP is wrong to equate her husband's tax dispute with the infractions of high roller...
Feb 9, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
Progressives and Obama Progressives and Obama
A panel discussion on progressive change in the Obama era, with Eli Pariser, William Greider, Patricia Williams and Lawrence Korb.
Feb 6, 2009 / Nation Audio
Don’t Escalate in Afghanistan Don’t Escalate in Afghanistan
For the sake of the country, his presidency and peace in South Asia, Obama should take the US-led military escalation in Afghanistan off the table.
Feb 4, 2009 / The Editors
Auguries in the Dawn of Obama-Time Auguries in the Dawn of Obama-Time
At almost every level, his choices of people and policy have been calibrated to appease the establishment.
Feb 4, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Can Obama Rebound Over Tax Woes? Can Obama Rebound Over Tax Woes?
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel and right wing radio host Laura Ingraham debate the impact of Daschle on Obama's agenda.
Feb 4, 2009 / The Today Show
Stimulus: One Percent for the Imagination Stimulus: One Percent for the Imagination
One percent of the stimulus package should be spent on rehabilitating America's crumbling cultural infrastructure.
Feb 2, 2009 / Feature / John Cavanagh, E. Ethelbert Miller, and Melissa Tuckey
Obama’s Security Priorities Obama’s Security Priorities
He has significantly pivoted US policy on torture. But where the president stands on warrantless wiretapping should give progressives some cause for concern.
Is the GOP the Obstruction Party? Is the GOP the Obstruction Party?
The Nation's Chris Hayes explains why bipartisan overtures from Democrats failed to win GOP support for Obama's stimulus bill.
Jan 30, 2009 / Countdown
Never Say You’re Sorry Never Say You’re Sorry
Why do people like Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and Gary Gensler keep getting the Obama administration's plum jobs?
Jan 28, 2009 / Chris Hayes