Two Cheers for Obama on Foreign Affairs Two Cheers for Obama on Foreign Affairs
It was a pleasure to listen to a State of the Union address, especially after eight years of his predecessor's alarmist warnings and warlike thundering, in which war, terrorism, an...
Jan 28, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
“I Never Suggested the Change Would Be Easy” “I Never Suggested the Change Would Be Easy”
Say what you will about Barack Obama. But don't accuse the president of veering from the course he charted at a point when his term was new, his popularity ratings were high and Am...
Jan 28, 2010 / John Nichols
Slideshow: Highs and Lows of Obama at One Slideshow: Highs and Lows of Obama at One
Selections from Nation readers' and Nation contributors' views on Obama's first year and beyond.
Jan 27, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Tell The Nation: Obama at One Tell The Nation: Obama at One
We asked our readers to submit their own high and low points of President Obama's first year.
Jan 27, 2010 / Feature / The Nation
The Sorry State of the Union The Sorry State of the Union
The state of the union is just miserable, no matter how President Obama sugarcoats it.
Jan 27, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Who Are You Calling Crazy? Who Are You Calling Crazy?
Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses Obama's desire to keep democratic processes intact and what being "crazy" can really mean.
Jan 26, 2010 / GRITtv
Freeze, Like a Deer in Headlights Freeze, Like a Deer in Headlights
There's lots of progressive backlash in the blogosphere to the announcement that the president is going to call for a multi-year freeze on "non-security discretionary spending...
Jan 26, 2010 / Chris Hayes
A Manifesto: Ending the War A Manifesto: Ending the War
How will the war in Afghanistan end? This isn't a trick question. The answer is simple: the war will end when President Obama signs an order ending it; that is, when the president ...
Jan 25, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Video: Change Won’t Come Easy Video: Change Won’t Come Easy
Katrina vanden Heuvel urges Democrats to mobilize their base and stop making damaging compromises with the Right.
Jan 22, 2010 / GRITtv
Obama and the Long View Obama and the Long View
Confident in the long-term impact of his policy decisions, Obama rarely gets flustered by short-term shifts in political fortune.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky