Barack Obama

Kabuki Democracy: Why a Progressive Presidency Is Impossible, for Now

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

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