Politics

What Is Patriotism?

What Is Patriotism? What Is Patriotism?

The Nation asks our readers: What do you value in the traditions of your country? Tell us what patriotism means to you.

Jun 29, 2010 / The Nation

Judges Are Called Judges Because They Use Their Judgment Judges Are Called Judges Because They Use Their Judgment

Guest-hosting The Ed Show, Nation Washington Editor Christopher Hayes examines the GOP's farcical cross-examination of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

Jun 29, 2010 / Press Room

Judges Are Called Judges Because They Use Their Judgment Judges Are Called Judges Because They Use Their Judgment

Guest-hosting The Ed Show, Nation Washington Editor Christopher Hayes examines the GOP's farcical cross-examination of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

Jun 29, 2010 / The Ed Show

Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age

Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age

Since the detonation of the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945, The Nation has been appropriately fearful of the singular devas…

Jun 29, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Time to Retire Chief Justice Roberts’s Umpire Analogy Time to Retire Chief Justice Roberts’s Umpire Analogy

As Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan prepares for her confirmation hearings this week, it's an appropriate time to revisit—and retire—the famous "justice a...

Jun 29, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Horrors! Kagan is Revealed as Nominee Who Respects Champions of Civil Rights, Underdogs Horrors! Kagan is Revealed as Nominee Who Respects Champions of Civil Rights, Underdogs

When Republican senators try to block a Supreme Court nominee by attacking Thurgood Marshall and the powerless, it's a pretty good bet that she'll be confirmed. 

Jun 28, 2010 / John Nichols

Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof? Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof?

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center on Economic Policy Research, says that though Obama's financial reforms may ultimately result in greater transparency in the way banks and...

Jun 28, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof? Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof?

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center on Economic Policy Research, says that though Obama's financial reforms may ultimately result in greater transparency in the way banks and ...

Jun 28, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Slide Show: The Life of Senator Robert Byrd

Slide Show: The Life of Senator Robert Byrd Slide Show: The Life of Senator Robert Byrd

Senator Robert C. Byrd, who passed away Monday, June 28 at the age of 92, turned away from the unholiest of beginnings to a very long career as one of Congress’s greatest Con…

Jun 28, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Sticking the Public With the Bill for the Bankers’ Crisis Sticking the Public With the Bill for the Bankers’ Crisis

Faced with the effects of a crisis created by the world's wealthiest, the heads of state gathered at the G20 decided to stick the poorest people in their countries with the bill.

Jun 28, 2010 / Naomi Klein

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