Statement on Missing US Hikers Statement on Missing US Hikers
Three Americans, including Shane Bauer, a contributor to The Nation, went missing while on a hiking trip in Iraqi Kurdistan and are presumed to be detained by Iranian authorities. ...
Aug 6, 2009 / Shon Meckfessel
A Rancid Deal with Big Pharma A Rancid Deal with Big Pharma
Did Obama sell out? If House Democrats don't insist on the government's prerogative to bargain for lower prices, reform is impossible.
Aug 6, 2009 / William Greider
Hiroshima Day Hiroshima Day
The official secrecy and deceptions about our nuclear weapons posture and policies and their possible consequences have threatened the survival of the human species.
Aug 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Ellsberg
How to Talk to Wall Street (If You Must) How to Talk to Wall Street (If You Must)
Obama shouldn't tone down his rhetoric on contentious subjects like racial profiling and executive bonuses. In fact he should emulate politicians of the past who often went off scr...
Jul 30, 2009 / Richard Lingeman
Bend It Like Obama? Bend It Like Obama?
With healthcare reform, the White House has transformed an intimate issue into a technical argument about long-term actuarial projections.
Jul 29, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Story of a Fixer The Story of a Fixer
A haunting documentary shines a light on the foreign "fixers" who work behind the scenes with reporters to determine how the story of war gets told.
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Noted. Noted.
Prison-based gerrymandering; a college journalist's big scoop about Bill Clinton; our day in court
Jul 29, 2009 / The Editors
Dire States Dire States
Banks and financial institutions were never "too big to fail." State and local governments are.
Jul 29, 2009 / John Nichols
William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow may have embarrassed him at the Scopes trial, but William Jennings Bryan will long be remembered as one of the country's greatest progressive crusaders.
Jul 29, 2009 / The Nation
For Hoover For Hoover
Yes, Virginia, this is an endorsement of Herbert Hoover in The Nation.
Jul 29, 2009 / Robert Herrick