Toward a New New Deal (Forum) Toward a New New Deal (Forum)
To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the New Deal, The Nation invited a panel of activists, writers, scholars and artists to reflect on its lasting lessons.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power
A principled academic gets ground up in the media hypocrisy machine.
Mar 20, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
Architect of War(s) Architect of War(s)
Dick Cheney's Mideast tour suggests another catastrophic military adventure in the Persian Gulf is still in the cards.
Mar 20, 2008 / Editorial / Michael T. Klare
Hillary’s Nasty Pastorate Hillary’s Nasty Pastorate
When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, Hillary Clinton is a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
Mar 19, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
The Idiot’s Grin The Idiot’s Grin
Presiding over a disastrous war and an unconscionable taxpayer bailout of Wall Street, why is George W. Bush still smiling?
Mar 19, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Blackwater Seeps Into the Campaign Blackwater Seeps Into the Campaign
Clinton and Obama each have nuanced plans to ban private security firms from Iraq. The difference is how they're spinning them.
Mar 18, 2008 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Notes on a Scandal Notes on a Scandal
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
Mar 17, 2008 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski
Obama, Politics and the Pulpit Obama, Politics and the Pulpit
The uproar over intemperate remarks by Obama's former pastor reveals all that's repellant in our national discourse over race, religion and politics.
Mar 17, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Economic Chaos, Political Consequences Economic Chaos, Political Consequences
As the federal bailout of the banking industry continues, is it too much to ask that McCain, Clinton and Obama abandon their blue-sky promises and address reality?
Mar 17, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
A Garden of Monsters A Garden of Monsters
The imaginary fascists in Roberto Bolaño's ironic encyclopedia Nazi Literature in the Americas bear a complex relationship to reality.
Mar 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Carmen Boullosa