Light in the Middle of the Tunnel Light in the Middle of the Tunnel
The upcoming trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is the best news for the print press since Monica Lewinsky.
Nov 24, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
California Scheming California Scheming
In the latest push to privatize public education, regents at the University of California have raised tuition by 32 percent.
Nov 24, 2009 / Feature / Ben Ehrenreich
It Isn’t Easy Being Pro-Palin It Isn’t Easy Being Pro-Palin
It's not just the left that can't understand the appeal of Sarah Palin. Even her supporters have hard a time explaining themselves.
Nov 23, 2009 / New Left Media
Tell ‘The Nation’: Recession Stories Tell ‘The Nation’: Recession Stories
In response to Lizzy Ratner's "Generation Recession," young readers from across the country wrote to The Nation to share how the recession has impacted them.
Nov 23, 2009 / Feature / Our Readers
Coal Country Coal Country
A stunning film that exposes the devastation of mountaintop removal coal mining to the forests, streams, and communities of Appalachia, Coal Country puts the personal stories of re...
Nov 23, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Gore to ‘Get Crazy’ on Climate Change Gore to ‘Get Crazy’ on Climate Change
Because no one is responding to his more rational pleas, Al Gore has some new, creative ideas that might finally elicit a response.
Nov 23, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
Is Sarah Palin Barbie Gone Bad? Is Sarah Palin Barbie Gone Bad?
The Nation's Naomi Klein on Palin: "She's a gun toting Barbie created in the basement of the Heritage Found."
Nov 19, 2009 / The Joy Behar Show
Jon Stewart on Why He Hates Sarah Palin Jon Stewart on Why He Hates Sarah Palin
It's not the fact that she's pretty or that she shoots things, says Stewart--"that's actually my favorite part."
Nov 19, 2009 / The Daily Show
An Inconvenient Solution An Inconvenient Solution
In Our Choice, Al Gore explains what must be done. But is there the political will to do it?
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Bill McKibben
Noted. Noted.
You don't have to go to Copenhagen to join the activists racing against the ticking environmental bomb.
Nov 19, 2009 / The Editors