Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill
Seventeen years after Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" compromise, the institutionalized closet in the military should soon be gone. With the Senate vote to repeal, ...
Dec 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Great Islamophobic Crusade The Great Islamophobic Crusade
Inside the bizarre cabal of secretive donors, demagogic bloggers, pseudo-scholars, European neo-fascists, violent Israeli settlers and Republican presidential hopefuls behind the n...
Dec 21, 2010 / Max Blumenthal
Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid? Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid?
Left for dead after the 2010 elections, Barack Obama is now the media's new comeback kid. But let's wait and see what that "comeback" actually entails.
Dec 21, 2010 / Ari Berman
Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter
Short observations on the Jim Crow-era White Citizens Councils.
Dec 21, 2010 / Eric Alterman
How The Disabled Were Dehumanized How The Disabled Were Dehumanized
Press coverage of a young man thrown out of his wheelchair during the UK student protests suggests that "real" disabled people are not whole human beings.
Dec 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny
Slide Show: Katha Pollitt’s Holiday Giving Guide for Nation Readers Slide Show: Katha Pollitt’s Holiday Giving Guide for Nation Readers
“Studies show,” writes Katha Pollitt, “that experiences, not possessions, are what make people happy. So this holiday season, make yourself happy by experiencing helping others through year-end donations to these fine groups.” With no shortage of progressive causes worthy of attention and funding, Pollitt has picked her top-ten organizations that deserve your giving this year.
Dec 17, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Forgetting Bradley Manning Forgetting Bradley Manning
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks is out on bail—apparently headed for the 10-bedroom home of British former army officer Vaughan Smith, described by the Guardian as a rightwing li...
Dec 16, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Science, Blinding Science, Blinding
Reed on Republican climate scientists, and readers respond to Bush v. Gore and Obama's tax compromise.
Dec 16, 2010 / Eric Alterman
How to Be President in a Fact-Free America How to Be President in a Fact-Free America
When Obama can't convince American conservatives of verifiable facts, what hope does he have of convincing them to support his policies?
Dec 16, 2010 / Column / Gary Younge
Why Obama and CancĂșn Miss the Point Why Obama and CancĂșn Miss the Point
You can't bargain about global warming with chemistry and physics.
Dec 16, 2010 / Bill McKibben