On Veterans Day, Don’t Forget About the War

Most Americans want to put the war in Iraq behind them, but this feeling is based not on a coherent critique but on a kind of collective exhaustion.

Aaron Glantz

Obama’s Energy Challenge

Of all the challenges Barack Obama faces, none is more daunting, or more important to our collective future, as energy.

Michael T. Klare

Embracing the Obama Era

Citizenship is a passionate joy at times, and this is one of those times.

Rebecca Solnit

In Defense of Studs Terkel

Edward Rothstein separates Studs Terkel's politics from his oral history, proving he doesn't understand the man's legacy at all.

Howard Zinn

Antitheft Devices

2008 will go down as a year activists were able to keep a rotten electoral system honest.

Andrew Gumbel

Studs

Remembering our national griot, the bearer of stories of people, ordinary and extraordinary.

Victor Navasky

Courage in Ohio

In a nation hungry for heroes on election day, blue-collar Ohio delivered.

Connie Schultz

The Big Sweep

Obama's appeal helped the Democrats secure wide gains in the House and Senate.

John Nichols

Noted.

Reactions to the Obama victory from London and Nairobi.

The Editors

We, the People

America has a long way to go before we get to the "more perfect union" Obama promises. But the work has begun in earnest.

Melissa Harris-Perry

Ready, Set, Obama

Celebrating a new president's promise to respect, empower and include all Americans.

The Editors

Marital Discord: Why Prop 8 Won

With bald lies and racial pandering, an anti-gay marriage intiative succeeds in California.

Richard Kim

Cold War Hawks Nesting With Obama

How can a President Obama improve US relations with Russia if some of his closest advisors are unrepentant hawks from the cold war era?

Robert Scheer

Cashing Out Detroit

Saving jobs by giving automakers large amounts of cash is a very expensive form of trickle-down. What we need is a clear plan about how automakers will use the money.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Que Sera, Sarah?

As Sarah Palin goes back to Alaska, take a moment to appreciate some other Sarahs.

Annabelle Gurwitch

No Obamamania for Brandon Marshall

All the Denver Broncos wideout l wanted to do was celebrate Obama's victory--but his teammates censored him and the media ridiculed him. Why?

Dave Zirin

Change That Might Actually Happen

Obama can change the way Washington does business by mobilizing the same grassroots ground operation that got him elected to push his legislative agenda.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Sayonara, Sarah

God's gift to journalism--and to feminism.

Katha Pollitt

Thank You Mr. Greenspan, Thank You Mr. Bush

Obama will face a bruising engagement with reality in the months ahead.

Alexander Cockburn

Race in America, November 5, 2008

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Votes & Smokes, Folks

Glendale, Calif.

Trudy Lieberman and Our Readers and George Scialabba