The Misunderestimation of Sarah Palin The Misunderestimation of Sarah Palin
As American life becomes more and more like reality television, could product placement of a candidate become the surest route to the presidency?
Nov 23, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on ‘The Ed Show’ Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on ‘The Ed Show’
Katrina vanden Heuvel asks, are the millionaires in Congress are out of touch with the American public? In a word: yes.
Nov 23, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on The Ed Show Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls Out Unpatriotic Millionaires on The Ed Show
Katrina vanden Heuvel asks, are the millionaires in Congress are out of touch with the American public? In a word: yes.
Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans? Will Congress Turn Its Back on Jobless Americans?
A minority in the House of Representatives has blocked reauthorization of federal unemployment benefits. If Congress doesn't act quickly, the long-term unemployed will start dr...
Nov 23, 2010 / Christine Owens
War Is a Lie War Is a Lie
With a groundbreaking new book, veteran antiwar activist David Swanson argues that: "The oil in the [war] machine is lies. The monkey wrench we can throw into the gears is pu...
Nov 23, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Confronting the Media’s Flaws Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Confronting the Media’s Flaws
Faced with the cynical coverage of the mainstream media, what can ordinary Americans do to work toward an alternative that more accurately reflects the problems facing our countr...
Nov 22, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Making Afghanistan Real Making Afghanistan Real
A Congressional proposal to establish a Veterans Trust Fund is driving home the message that the war in Afghanistan is not worth the havoc it has wreaked on thousands of troops.
Nov 22, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Remembering Chalmers Johnson Remembering Chalmers Johnson
Johnson was a scholar and author who saw our devolving American world with striking clarity and prescience and wrote about it with precision, passion and courage
Nov 22, 2010 / Lived History / Tom Engelhardt
How Sarah Palin Could Beat Obama in 2012 How Sarah Palin Could Beat Obama in 2012
Two words: Michael Bloomberg.
Nov 22, 2010 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Patriotic Millionaires Explain That Tax Cuts for the Rich Don’t Grow the Economy Patriotic Millionaires Explain That Tax Cuts for the Rich Don’t Grow the Economy
Cutting taxes for millioniares doesn't create jobs or spur business growth. It just widens the gap between the rich and the rest of us. Who says? Millionaires who actually care abo...
Nov 22, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols