Dreaming Obama in North Carolina

Conversations with historian John Hope Franklin and civil rights heroes about race, memory and the possibility of change.

Tom Hayden

Why Hillary Makes My Wife Scream

By trying to inflict maximum damage on Obama, she's threatening the Democratic Party's chances for the White House. Progressives need to intervene.

Tom Hayden

Tough Love for Israel

Another Middle East peace conference? Statesmen instead should have the moral and political courage to end the massive hoax the peace process has become.

Henry Siegman

Nation Note

With this issue The Nation debuts a new feature: "Back Talk," Q&A's with literary, cultural and otherwise notable figures.

The Editors

Noted.

Frederika Randall on Berlusconi's return, John Nichols on fast-tracking Colombia, Jayati Vora on Patrick Cockburn's Muqtada, Christopher Hayes on the new Israel lobby.

The Editors

Seeking Superdelegates

Online activists are shining much-needed light on superdelegates, revealing who they are and how they'll vote--and asking why we need them.

Ari Melber

KBR’s Rape Problem

Three women contractors raped in Iraq testify before a Senate committee: why has the Justice Department failed to prosecute crimes like these?

Karen Houppert

Olympic Flame Out

Boycotts of the Beijing Olympics are easy. What's harder is moving China towards meaningful progress on human rights.

The Editors

The Intemperate Candidate

Hillary Clinton's intemperate remarks about "obliterating" Iran cloud her primary win with questions about her judgment.

Robert Scheer

Can the Golden State Warriors Save Oakland?

The Warriors will miss this year's NBA playoffs, but they can still be winners by reaching out to at-risk youth in Oakland.

Dave Zirin

Bitter Fruit in Pennsylvania

If Obama's remarks on poor white voters were gauche, the responses they elicited have been galling.

Gary Younge

Motzira-Making on the Right

The politics of tenure at Barnard and beyond.

Eric Alterman

The Olympic Torch Flops…

Steve Brodner

Stephen Hadley Says an Olympic Boycott Is a ‘Cop-out’ on the Tibet Issue Compared With Our ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ With China

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Diverse opinions on the Fed, the New Deal...and more about our choice of words.

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