Barack Obama

Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer

What's up with Barack Obama? Finally someone has a good idea about how to deal with Wall Street and the White House condemns it.

Nov 18, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Year of Obama A Year of Obama

Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Slide Show: The Obama Youth Slide Show: The Obama Youth

The Nation presents images of a unique moment in time: when America's youth rallied and organized in record numbers for the 2008 election.

Nov 5, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Obama, One Year On Obama, One Year On

Building a new political order will take more than one election.

Nov 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Promises Kept and Broken, One Year Later Promises Kept and Broken, One Year Later

There are the things the president is doing that he said he would do. These actions can draw plenty of criticism, but not genuine shock. Then there are the things he is not doing w...

Nov 4, 2009 / Ari Melber

The Obama Generation, Revisited The Obama Generation, Revisited

The 2008 election galvanized young voters and organizers. One year later, where are they?

Nov 4, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Méndez Berry

Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail

Why Russia and China will sink Washington's Iran policy.

Oct 30, 2009 / Feature / Dilip Hiro

Afghanistan: A Special Issue Afghanistan: A Special Issue

The essays in our forum call into question many of the myths and faulty assumptions about the best course of US policy in Afghanistan.

Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / The Nation

Obama’s Fateful Choice Obama’s Fateful Choice

US Afghanistan policy should not be held hostage to the president's past rhetoric.

Oct 21, 2009 / The Editors

Nobel Peace Sparks War Nobel Peace Sparks War

It's peculiar, the vocabulary that makes a liability out of the Nobel Prize.

Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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