Obama’s Green Team Obama’s Green Team
They respect science. But will Obama's team show the necessary spine to cut greenhouse gases and resist "clean coal" and nuclear power propaganda?
Dec 16, 2008 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard
Cornel West and Peter Singer in ‘Examined Life’ Cornel West and Peter Singer in ‘Examined Life’
Cornel West and Peter Singer explain the great importance of an "examined life" at this particular historic moment.
Dec 16, 2008 / Video / Astra Taylor
Bush’s Nightmare Before Christmas Bush’s Nightmare Before Christmas
Bush is giving the American people a lump of coal this year in the form of last minute measures attacking the environment, women's rights and more.
Dec 16, 2008 / Video / Brave New Films
Addressing Inequity in Education Addressing Inequity in Education
This essay, the high school winner of The Nation's Student Writing Contest, argues that until inequities in education are eliminated, a permanent underclass will continue to exist.
Dec 15, 2008 / Feature / Laine Alison Zalac
Back to the Future for the RNC Back to the Future for the RNC
Republicans are trying to roll back the clock on campaign finance limits. Haven't they been paying attention?
Dec 12, 2008 / Feature / Laura MacCleery
Stop Senator No Stop Senator No
Will Democrats have the courage to disable the filibuster rule?
Dec 11, 2008 / Editorial / William Greider
Noted. Noted.
Eric Foner on Dorothy Sterling, Brett Story on Canadian politics, John Nichols on senator selections
Dec 11, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors
Rachel Maddow’s Blagojevich Wiretap Re-enactment Rachel Maddow’s Blagojevich Wiretap Re-enactment
Perhaps Rod Blagojevich's profanity-laced tirades only sound incriminating on paper. Maddow puts this theory to the test.
Dec 10, 2008 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
The Imperial Transition The Imperial Transition
Obama's transition is the earliest, biggest, fastest, best organized and most efficient on record. But has the media failed to see the larger architecture of this moment, and what ...
Dec 10, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
In Congo Square: Colonial New Orleans In Congo Square: Colonial New Orleans
Two new books uncover the colonial origins and musical roots of New Orleans.
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Jelly-Schapiro