A Coalition Builder’s Lesson for Progressives A Coalition Builder’s Lesson for Progressives
If progressives are to alter the hostile political environment that arms the lobbies and forces President Obama and centrist Democrats in Congress to shrink from bolder reforms, th...
Jul 6, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NOW Urges Senate to Expel David Vitter NOW Urges Senate to Expel David Vitter
National Organization for Women says it is time for the Louisiana senator—a patron of prostitutes and employer of an abusive aide—to go.
Jul 6, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Stage-Managing the War on Terror Stage-Managing the War on Terror
On the home front of the war on terror, we are largely fighting ghosts and phantasms, some helpfully conjured up by the government itself.
Jul 6, 2010 / Stephan Salisbury
Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV
Speaking before the Democratic Socialists of America in Chicago, The Nation's William Greider draws parallels between the political realities of today and the challenges labor a...
Jul 6, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV
Speaking before the Democratic Socialists of America in Chicago, The Nation's William Greider draws parallels between the political realities of today and the challenges labor act...
Biden in Iraq: US Influence Shrinks, Iran Gains Biden in Iraq: US Influence Shrinks, Iran Gains
The political stalemate since Iraq's March 7 election continues, but the deck is stacked in Iran's favor.
Jul 6, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Thomas Jefferson Feared an Aristocracy of Corporations Thomas Jefferson Feared an Aristocracy of Corporations
The author of the Declaration of Independence warned against the threat to democracy posed by big banks and big corporations. Too bad the Supreme Court doesn't respect the original...
Jul 4, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
RNC’s Steele Says: ‘The One Thing You Don’t Do Is Engage in a Land War In Afghanistan.’ Uh-Oh, Now He’s in Trouble! RNC’s Steele Says: ‘The One Thing You Don’t Do Is Engage in a Land War In Afghanistan.’ Uh-Oh, Now He’s in Trouble!
GOP chair's (generally) honest assessment of Afghanistan brings a call for his resignation from the party's neocon police chief, William Kristol.
Jul 2, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
This Week At TheNation.com This Week At TheNation.com
Inside the battle for healthcare reform. Plus: Two must-see videos and a special honor for The Nation.
Jul 2, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Call Torture by its Real Name Call Torture by its Real Name
Instead of rape, let's just call it, "unilateral, physical intimacy." Instead of torture, let's just call it, "enhanced interrogation techniques," and pretend...
Jul 2, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room