Has Obama Delivered on Healthcare Reform? Has Obama Delivered on Healthcare Reform?
Eric Alterman asks, should Americans be proud of what Obama has done so far, or has he succeeded only in passing weak reforms?
Jul 13, 2010 / MSNBC
Weaning Louisiana Off its Oil Addiction Weaning Louisiana Off its Oil Addiction
On The Nation on Grit TV, Mark Hertsgaard argues that oil to Louisiana is like heroin to an addict. It's high time we started the weaning process.
Jul 12, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Vanden Heuvel on Guns, Jobs and Arizona Vanden Heuvel on Guns, Jobs and Arizona
Guest-host Both Sides Now, Katrina vanden Heuvel takes on former Bush/Cheney aide Mary Matalin about gun control and why she would take "porno economics" over the Republi...
Jul 12, 2010 / Both Sides Now
This Week At TheNation.com: Reflections on Lebron, plus two new videos and an event in New York This Week At TheNation.com: Reflections on Lebron, plus two new videos and an event in New York
Reflections on Lebron. Plus: See me in New York on Tuesday.
Jul 10, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Breakdown: Do Presidential Speeches Matter? The Breakdown: Do Presidential Speeches Matter?
Ever since his breakthrough keynote at the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama has been defined by his oratory skills. But has his rhetoric really advanced his policy goals? On this week's edit...
Jul 9, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Courtship of King James The Courtship of King James
LeBron James's relocation to Miami is bad for everyone besides ESPN, Dave Zirin tells Chris Hayes on The Rachel Maddow Show.
Jul 9, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Violence Against LGBT Youth Behind Bars Violence Against LGBT Youth Behind Bars
Daniel Redman joins The Nation on Grit TV to describe how the brutal and dysfunctional juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to ...
Jul 8, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fix the Jobs Crisis, Then the Deficit Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fix the Jobs Crisis, Then the Deficit
While conservative media obsesses over the deficit and Republicans are knocking down job creation plans left and right, Obama will have to convince the American people that the def...
Jul 7, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Sarah Palin to Run the RNC? Sarah Palin to Run the RNC?
Sarah Palin's capacity to mobilize in spite of her gaffes makes her a more dangerous candidate to head the RNC.
Jul 7, 2010 / MSNBC
Christian Parenti: BP & the Changing Energy Economy Christian Parenti: BP & the Changing Energy Economy
If the United States government is the largest energy consumer in the world, asks Nation contributing editor Christian Parenti, why doesn't it use its massive buying power to s...
Jul 6, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV