Politics

Linguistic Currency Linguistic Currency

In an information economy, tiny asymmetries in language comprehension translate into vast profits--and large-scale collapses.

Nov 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

The Domino Effect The Domino Effect

A group of twentysomethings from San Francisco took an unlikely path to jobs within the Obama administration.

Nov 3, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Méndez Berry

Limbaugh: Old News or Future of the GOP? Limbaugh: Old News or Future of the GOP?

Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and Arianna Huffington discuss Rush Limbaugh's inaccurate and gratuitous Sunday morning appearance on Fox.

Nov 3, 2009 / Video / The Joy Behar Show

Republican Party Rejects the Middle Republican Party Rejects the Middle

The Nation's Christopher Hayes believes one New York congressional race marks a takeover of the GOP by far-right radicals like the tea party protesters.

Nov 3, 2009 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

GOP Shuns Palin; Will Obama Help Dems? GOP Shuns Palin; Will Obama Help Dems?

Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP's love/hate relationship with Sarah Palin, and Democratic dynamics since Obama's victory in 2008.

Nov 3, 2009 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

The Heart of Wall Street The Heart of Wall Street

It's undeniable that pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has had an impact on compensation at bailed-out firms. But it's equally clear that the casino culture that created this mess remains ...

Oct 30, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann

Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail

Why Russia and China will sink Washington's Iran policy.

Oct 30, 2009 / Feature / Dilip Hiro

The Antidote to ‘Going Rogue’ The Antidote to ‘Going Rogue’

A collection of Sarah Palin bloopers to complement Going Rouge, the collection of essays about Palin featuring Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Oct 29, 2009 / Video / Robert Greenwald

Noted. Noted.

States sound off for instant runoff voting; activists unite for the International Day of Climate Action; and we remember an American radical who fought the "good fight" against fas...

Oct 28, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors