White House to Obama Activists: Let Them Eat (Birthday) Cake White House to Obama Activists: Let Them Eat (Birthday) Cake
Ask what you can do for your president's birthday.
Aug 4, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber
We’re Hot As Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More We’re Hot As Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More
Three steps to establish a politics of global warming.
Aug 4, 2010 / Bill McKibben
Married to the Clinton Mob Married to the Clinton Mob
While Obama is scorned for relying too heavily on Clintonista alums for policy direction, the whitewashing of the Clinton legacy is on in earnest.
Aug 4, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The ADL and the ‘Mosque at Ground Zero’: Is This the End of the Anti-Defamation League? The ADL and the ‘Mosque at Ground Zero’: Is This the End of the Anti-Defamation League?
New York OK's the mosque, but the ADL's reputation suffers what ought to be a fatal blow.
Aug 4, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Banking for the People: An Angry Democrat’s Challenge to Wall Street Banking for the People: An Angry Democrat’s Challenge to Wall Street
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero is ready to create a state bank to invest in job creation.
Aug 3, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Obama’s Plan for Iraq Is the Petraeus-Bush Iraq Plan Obama’s Plan for Iraq Is the Petraeus-Bush Iraq Plan
"The idea that Obama is making good on a campaign promise to end the war is playing with words,” says The Nation's Jeremy Scahill.
Aug 3, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’ Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’
David Stockman, Reagan's OMB director, warns against maintaining tax cuts for the rich and other misguided economic policies.
Aug 3, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Conversation: Charles Komanoff and David Roberts on the Death of the Climate Bill Conversation: Charles Komanoff and David Roberts on the Death of the Climate Bill
The Senate climate bill has been defeated. But does this open a window for us to rally behind better solutions to global warming?
Aug 2, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Translating Electoral Victory into Real Progress: Minnesota’s Story Translating Electoral Victory into Real Progress: Minnesota’s Story
How do progressives meet the challenge of a daunting midterm election while also laying the ground work for a bolder agenda? TakeAction Minnesota made progressive governing, not El...
Aug 2, 2010 / Dan McGrath
Newt Gingrich’s Lost Marbles Speech: ‘The Sharians Are Coming! The Sharians Are Coming!’ Newt Gingrich’s Lost Marbles Speech: ‘The Sharians Are Coming! The Sharians Are Coming!’
A psychotic outburst at the American Enterprise Institute.
Aug 2, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss