How Will Obama Engage on Human Rights? How Will Obama Engage on Human Rights?
Bipartisanship promises to be even harder to achieve on human rights than it is on a stimulus package. Two pending decisions at the United Nations will reveal the depth of the admi...
Feb 9, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Rejecting Republican Know-Nothings Rejecting Republican Know-Nothings
After reviewing the arguments Senate Republicans are making for their intransigence on the stimulus bill, Maddow counters with the hard economic facts.
Feb 9, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Save the Solis Nomination Save the Solis Nomination
Labor secretary-designee Hilda Solis is not a toxic asset in the Obama personnel portfolio. The GOP is wrong to equate her husband's tax dispute with the infractions of high roller...
Feb 9, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
Progressives and Obama Progressives and Obama
A panel discussion on progressive change in the Obama era, with Eli Pariser, William Greider, Patricia Williams and Lawrence Korb.
Feb 6, 2009 / Nation Audio
Olbermann to Cheney: Please Go Away Olbermann to Cheney: Please Go Away
Keith Olbermann offers a thorough point-by-point rebuke of Cheney's recent terrorist fear-mongering.
Feb 6, 2009 / Countdown
Slide Show: Week in Review Slide Show: Week in Review
What made news in Washington and the world, from the pages of The Nation magazine and on TheNation.com.
Feb 5, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Noted. Noted.
The fall of Tom Daschle and the RNC's choice of Michael Steele.
Feb 4, 2009 / The Editors
Biden v. Summers Biden v. Summers
As Larry Summers takes a dominant role in crafting economic policy, it's up to Joe Biden to protect the interests of the middle class.
Feb 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Don’t Escalate in Afghanistan Don’t Escalate in Afghanistan
For the sake of the country, his presidency and peace in South Asia, Obama should take the US-led military escalation in Afghanistan off the table.
Feb 4, 2009 / The Editors
The Kindness of Strangers The Kindness of Strangers
The global economic crisis is showing how wishful was the notion that philanthropy could save the world.
Feb 4, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt