Executive Branch

The Trouble With Transparency The Trouble With Transparency

The Nation's Ari Melber gives varying degrees of success to President Obama's claims of transparency.

Jun 4, 2009 / The Nation Video

Missing Word, Missing World: Graduating the Rest of Us, ’09 Missing Word, Missing World: Graduating the Rest of Us, ’09

Graduates of the Bush years, initiates of the Obama era, here's a commencement address that's suitably obscure and yet somehow ringing.

Jun 2, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Exacting Change Exacting Change

Obama's signature economic reforms are under siege. Without a grassroots challenge to business as usual, we won't get the change we were promised, much less the change we need.

May 27, 2009 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage

Missing in Action on Healthcare? Missing in Action on Healthcare?

The Obama administration is focused on cutting healthcare costs, but that may be easier said than done.

May 8, 2009 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman

Obama’s First 100 Days Obama’s First 100 Days

So far, there's much to be optimistic about. But the bank bailout and Afghanistan policy are cause for continued concern.

Apr 29, 2009 / The Editors

Debating Obama @ 100 Debating Obama @ 100

Listen to full audio of The Nation's spirited Washington DC forum, "Obama @ 100: A Progress Report from The Nation."

Apr 29, 2009 / Nation Audio

Notes on Change Notes on Change

Three months into the Obama era, the euphoria of the election has begun to dissipate.

Apr 22, 2009 / Chris Hayes

Obama’s Wall Street Rat Pack Obama’s Wall Street Rat Pack

President Obama needs to ditch the idiot savants of high finance and bring in advisers dedicated to doing something more than gaming the economy.

Apr 14, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Not Our Department Not Our Department

For the Labor Department damaged by eight years of Bush neglect, help is finally on the way.

Apr 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes

Race and the Obama Administration Race and the Obama Administration

The upcoming UN-sponsored Durban Review Conference tests America's willingness to offer global leadership to combat bigotry and injustice.

Apr 8, 2009 / Danny Glover

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