Obama, Netanyahu and the Arab Revolt: Fateful Mideast Triangle Obama, Netanyahu and the Arab Revolt: Fateful Mideast Triangle
Time is running out on America's ability to protect Israel from itself.
May 25, 2011 / The Editors
Curbing Campaign Cash Curbing Campaign Cash
If Democrats follow Republicans in raising millions from undisclosed sources, they will undermine their moral argument for campaign finance reform.
May 19, 2011 / The Editors
Taking Back the States Taking Back the States
In Republican "trifecta" states, the backlash against the GOP's radical social agenda has begun.
May 12, 2011 / The Editors
The Kushner Affair The Kushner Affair
It is shameful that CUNY colluded so thoughtlessly in an attempt to narrow the bounds of acceptable public discourse.
May 12, 2011 / The Editors
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We’re pleased to announce that Liliana Segura will be joining our staff as associate editor. Liliana, a former senior editor at AlterNet, where she was responsible for civil liberties and international coverage, was most recently a Wallace Global Fund Fellow, where she researched and wrote about prisons and harsh sentencing. Richard Kim, formerly senior editor, is now executive editor of TheNation.com, where he will be overseeing the website’s expansion and redesign. Mark Sorkin is now copy editor/associate editor, and senior editor Richard Lingeman has returned from leave.
May 12, 2011 / The Editors
After Osama bin Laden After Osama bin Laden
The purpose of terrorism is to provoke an irrational response that makes a nation less secure and less free. In the wake of 9/11, America became that place. Can we change course?
May 5, 2011 / The Editors
The People’s Budget The People’s Budget
The Congressional Progressive Caucus’s “People's Budget” has been widely ignored. That’s too bad, because the right solutions to our budget crisis are in th...
Apr 21, 2011 / The Editors
Obama’s ‘Shared Sacrifice’ Hits the Poor and Middle-Class Hardest Obama’s ‘Shared Sacrifice’ Hits the Poor and Middle-Class Hardest
For every $1 raised by closing tax loopholes for wealthy Americans, Obama proposes $2 in spending cuts.
Apr 14, 2011 / The Editors
Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare
The threatened government shutdown was averted, but Democrats agreed to $38 billion in budget cuts. Here's what we'll see in the next negotiations.
Apr 7, 2011 / The Editors
The Libya Intervention The Libya Intervention
Military “solutions” to grave humanitarian crises are tempting, but history shows that they rarely solve anything.
Mar 24, 2011 / The Editors