Obama’s Shout-Out to Freedom
In his second inaugural address, the president stood for collective action, solidarity, social justice. Now let’s make him act on it.
Print Magazine
February 11, 2013 Issue
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Editorial
Government Persecution, From Aaron Swartz to Bradley Manning
The Justice Department has been ruthless in targeting those who bring hidden information into the public realm.
Noted
Robert Dreyfuss on peace and the inaugural address, Dan Wakefield on inaugural poet Richard Blanco, James Cersonsky and Alec Luhn on student mo...
Google’s Monopoly on the News
Left undiscussed in the FTC’s investigation is the search giant’s ability to limit what we all read.
Column
The ‘Sully’-ing of American Journalism
Andrew Sullivan garners much attention for his bold moves as a blogger. But what about the quality of his judgments?
From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall
President Obama’s symbolic recognition of minorities isn’t a substitute for policy, but it does matter.
Letters
Feature
Will Obama the Constitutional Lawyer Please Stand Up?
There are many measures the president could take to restore civil liberties—if he wanted to.
Yes, He Can: Twenty Ways Obama Can Use Executive Power to Push a Progressive Agenda
From Cuba to climate change to criminal justice, progressives must push the president to act—and forge a better future.
Readers Respond: How Should Obama Flex His Executive Muscle?
Nation readers provided good ideas—and a bit of wariness—when asked how Obamas should use his presidential authority.
Old, Female and Homeless
Life on San Francisco’s streets for women over 50 is filled with hardships, small and large.
Books & the Arts
Magna Carter
Every musical note has life in it. For six decades the composer Elliott Carter imagined that life precisely.
Hotel Artists
How working in hotels led Henri Matisse and Ian Wallace to rediscover the intoxicating purity of light.
