Rape and Spillage Rape and Spillage
What's with the president's war analogy on the oil spill? And why be surprised that the oil conglomerates are also in bed with their pretend Washington regulators?
Jun 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Obama Talks Tough On Oil Spill Obama Talks Tough On Oil Spill
The president delivers his "We will fight this spill with everything we've got for as long it takes" speech. Now he must match strong rhetoric with action.
Jun 16, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
A State Democratic Party Tells Congress: Reject More War Spending A State Democratic Party Tells Congress: Reject More War Spending
Wisconsin Democratic Party urges Congress to oppose President Obama's request for "emergency" supplemetal spending to expand occupations of Iraq and Afghanista...
Jun 15, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Washington Is Drunk on War Washington Is Drunk on War
Mark it on your calendar. It seems we’ve finally entered the Soviet era in America.
Jun 15, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Iron Lady, Meet Pitbull in Lipstick Iron Lady, Meet Pitbull in Lipstick
It's a political cartoonist's dream: Sarah Palin is reportedly planning a trip to England to meet her political idol, Margaret Thatcher.
Jun 15, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem
For the first time, the US has been included in its own report on countries that are sites of human trafficking.
Jun 15, 2010 / The Notion / Greg Kaufmann
Far-Right Angle? Far-Right Angle?
Washington editor Christopher Hayes on The Rachel Maddow Show discussing the GOP’s zany campaign tactics and attempts to mask Sharron Angle’s absurdly far-right sta...
Jun 15, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV.
Jun 14, 2010 / Nation in the News / The Nation on Grit TV
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV. This week: the victories of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whit...
Jun 14, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace
It is not often that a candidate in a tight US Senate race says something significant about the Middle East peace process—or the lack of a process. Pennsylvania Democrat Joe ...
Jun 14, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols