Politics

At G8, Obama, Clinton Must Speak With One Voice for Safe Abortion Access At G8, Obama, Clinton Must Speak With One Voice for Safe Abortion Access

Hillary Clinton has unequivocally stated that all women around the world must have the right to abortion. Will Obama confirm that position at the G8 summit this weekend?

Jun 25, 2010 / Jessica Arons and Shira Saperstein

Government Hasn’t Learned From Blackwater Mistakes Government Hasn’t Learned From Blackwater Mistakes

The private defense operation formerly known as Blackwater—now called Xe—has cleaned up its act about as much as BP has cleaned up the Gulf, says Jeremy Scahill.

Jun 25, 2010 / Countdown

McChrystal, Afghanistan Policy and… McChrystal, Afghanistan Policy and…

Here we are again, if a general and a president are at odds—it must be a manhood-measuring contest.

Jun 24, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate

Proposition 8, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and Civil Unions? Nation Senior Editor Richard Kim and writer Reihan Salam talk it all out on Bloggingheads.tv.

Jun 24, 2010 / Press Room

Find a Political Solution in Afghanistan, Not a Military One Find a Political Solution in Afghanistan, Not a Military One

Nation Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel tells Ed Schultz that McChrystal's departure gives Obama an opening for changing the trajectory of the American presence in Afgh...

Jun 24, 2010 / Press Room

A Hole in the World

A Hole in the World A Hole in the World

The BP disaster reveals the risks in imagining that we have complete command over nature.

Jun 24, 2010 / Feature / Naomi Klein

America Is Detached From the War America Is Detached From the War

Bush's plotless dream, smoking drones and other strange tales from the crypt.

Jun 24, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

US Hikers Seized by Iranian Police in Iraqi Territory US Hikers Seized by Iranian Police in Iraqi Territory

Senior Editor Richard Kim appears CNN to explain The Nation's breaking revelation that three American hikers detained by the Iranian military almost a year ago were unlawfully ca...

Jun 24, 2010 / Press Room

Right Congressional Responses: It’s Not Just McChrystal, It’s an Occupation Gone Awry Right Congressional Responses: It’s Not Just McChrystal, It’s an Occupation Gone Awry

Appropriations Committee chair David Obey, Sen. Russ Feingold and Rep. Dennis Kucinich get to the heart of the matter: The problem is not a reckless general. The problem is a reckl...

Jun 24, 2010 / John Nichols

After McChrystal, Time to Change Course in Afghanistan After McChrystal, Time to Change Course in Afghanistan

More than six months after the implementation of McChrystal's strategy, it's clear that the policies Obama endorsed in Afghanistan are failing on all fronts.

Jun 23, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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