Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now
Even with supermajorities in both houses of Congress behind them, American presidents cannot pass the kind of transformative progressive legislation that Barack Obama promised in...
Jul 7, 2010 / Eric Alterman
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
Two More Candidates for the McChrystal Treatment Two More Candidates for the McChrystal Treatment
At this point, the only way the economy is going to turn around is if Obama's economic hotshots grant professionally damaging interviews to journalists who won't paper over their m...
Jul 7, 2010 / Robert Scheer
A Star-Studded Panel Discusses Obama’s Management A Star-Studded Panel Discusses Obama’s Management
Obama needs to win the deficit vs. investment battle in order to stop joblessness from leaving deep scars in our country, Katrina vanden Heuvel tells Fareed Zakaria.
Jun 28, 2010 / Press Room
Saudi Feminist Wajeha Al-Huwaider: An Open Letter to President Obama Saudi Feminist Wajeha Al-Huwaider: An Open Letter to President Obama
Some pointers for the president's meeting with King Abdullah.
Jun 28, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
A Star-Studded Panel Discusses Obama’s Leadership A Star-Studded Panel Discusses Obama’s Leadership
Obama needs to win the deficit vs. investment battle in order to stop joblessness from leaving deep scars in our country, Katrina vanden Heuvel tells Fareed Zakaria.
Jun 28, 2010 / CNN
Chris Hayes Guest-Hosting “The Ed Show” This Week Chris Hayes Guest-Hosting “The Ed Show” This Week
The Nation's D.C. Editor guest-hosts MSNBC's The Ed Show starting tonight at 6PM.
Jun 28, 2010 / Press Room
The Land Where Theories of Warfare Go to Die The Land Where Theories of Warfare Go to Die
Obama, Petraeus and the cult of COIN in Afghanistan.
Jun 28, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
McChrystal, Afghanistan Policy and… McChrystal, Afghanistan Policy and…
Here we are again, if a general and a president are at odds—it must be a manhood-measuring contest.
Jun 24, 2010 / Laura Flanders
After McChrystal, Time to Change Course in Afghanistan After McChrystal, Time to Change Course in Afghanistan
More than six months after the implementation of McChrystal's strategy, it's clear that the policies Obama endorsed in Afghanistan are failing on all fronts.
Jun 23, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel