Editorial

Mobilizing the Jobless

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 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 CancĂșn Compromise The CancĂșn 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… 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? 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 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 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

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