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Roane Carey on The Nation’s victory against warrantless wiretapping, John Nichols on Wisconsin’s William Cronon and Riddhi Shah on India and Pakistan’s “cricket diplomacy.”

Mar 30, 2011 / Editorial / Various Contributors

Bring the No-Fly Zone Home to Arizona Bring the No-Fly Zone Home to Arizona

Could Obama and his supporters take a break from celebrating so-called no-fly zones—and take a look at what’s happening in Arizona?

Mar 30, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Jim Messina, Obama’s Enforcer

Jim Messina, Obama’s Enforcer Jim Messina, Obama’s Enforcer

The president's re-election campaign manager has alienated grassroots constituencies.

Mar 30, 2011 / Feature / Ari Berman

Samantha Power Goes to War Samantha Power Goes to War

With the Arab world's pro-democracy uprisings comes a resurgence for the "humanitarian hawks."

Mar 30, 2011 / Tom Hayden

Obama’s Fatal Addiction to Corporate Hustlers Obama’s Fatal Addiction to Corporate Hustlers

During his time at GE, Jeffrey Immelt led the company into a subprime mortgage hole so deep that it needed billions in government cash to get back out. That was before Obama made h...

Mar 30, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Wisconsin Judge Checks and Balances a Lawless King, er, Governor Wisconsin Judge Checks and Balances a Lawless King, er, Governor

Governor Scott Walker and his Republican allies tried to take the law into their own hands—violating state statutes and the Constitution in their mad rush to take away collec...

Mar 30, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Fitzwalkerstan’s Attorney General Decides the Law Does Not Apply to Republicans Fitzwalkerstan’s Attorney General Decides the Law Does Not Apply to Republicans

Wisconsin's attorney general, a Republican, protects political allies—including anti-labor Governor Scott Walker—by refusing to uphold rule of law or Constitution.

Mar 29, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya?

Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya? Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya?

The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel speaks with Middle East scholar Juan Cole about his open letter to the left on Libya.

Mar 29, 2011 / Audio / The Nation

How ‘Enemy Creep’ Is Guantánamo-izing America How ‘Enemy Creep’ Is Guantánamo-izing America

Congressman Peter King's hearings on Muslim radicalization are only the latest sign that, if the ascending right in Washington (and elsewhere) has its way, the age of toleranc...

Mar 29, 2011 / Karen J. Greenberg

Obama Tries, Without Success, to Explain an Undeclared War

Obama Tries, Without Success, to Explain an Undeclared War Obama Tries, Without Success, to Explain an Undeclared War

The rhetoric was lovely, but the president’s speech on Libya was a bumbling affair in which he kept referencing the fact that he took the country to war without properly cons...

Mar 29, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

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