Mobilizing the Jobless Mobilizing the Jobless
More than 26 million Americans don't have enough work, while robber-baron CEOs report record profits. So why aren't the unemployed on the march?
Dec 22, 2010 / Frances Fox Piven
Obama’s Afghan Mission Creep Obama’s Afghan Mission Creep
With the US set to remain in Afghanistan until 2014, the war has taken on a life of its own, disconnected from any strategic goal.
Dec 16, 2010 / The Editors
The Cancún Compromise The Cancún Compromise
The agreements reached at the Cancún climate summit oblige all nations to reduce future emissions. The challenge now is to generate the political pressure on national lea...
Dec 16, 2010 / Mark Hertsgaard
Noted. Noted.
Esther Kaplan on the GOP's message to miners; John Nichols on Bernie Sanders' filibuster; Jennifer O'Mahony on the UK student protests; Michael Tracey on millenials and politics.
Dec 16, 2010 / Various Contributors
Health Reform Teach-In Health Reform Teach-In
Educating Americans about this administration's healthcare successes is easier than Obama thinks.
Dec 16, 2010 / Harvey Sloane
First, They Came for WikiLeaks. Then… First, They Came for WikiLeaks. Then…
WikiLeaks has embraced the ethics that guide traditional news outlets' disclosure of secrets. It should be afforded the same protections.
Dec 9, 2010 / The Editors
Tax Cuts Forever? Tax Cuts Forever?
Republicans have spent their postelection victory lap fearmongering over the deficit. But now they've insisted all Bush tax cuts be extended, at great price to the national debt.
Dec 9, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
Liza Featherstone on the class action gender discrimination suit against Wal-Mart; John Nichols on net neutrality
Dec 9, 2010 / Various Contributors
WikiLeaking Covert Wars WikiLeaking Covert Wars
The latest WikiLeaks dump has corroborated, in part, what sources recently told The Nation about covert military actions in over seventy-five countries.
Dec 9, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang
If Obama is looking for a reason to scale back his foreign policy ambitions, the GOP takeover of the House is the perfect excuse.
Dec 9, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss