The Importance of Perspective The Importance of Perspective
This essay, a finalist in The Nation's Student Writing Contest, argues that the most important prerequisite for being a good president cannot be found in the marble hallways of the...
Dec 17, 2008 / Feature / Natalia Thompson
Obama’s Green Team Obama’s Green Team
They respect science. But will Obama's team show the necessary spine to cut greenhouse gases and resist "clean coal" and nuclear power propaganda?
Dec 16, 2008 / Mark Hertsgaard
The Imperial Transition The Imperial Transition
Obama's transition is the earliest, biggest, fastest, best organized and most efficient on record. But has the media failed to see the larger architecture of this moment, and what ...
Dec 10, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Ending the Mindset Ending the Mindset
Dissenting views on Iraq and Afghanistan will have to come not from the hawkish national security team, but from outside Washington, and from Obama himself.
Dec 3, 2008 / The Editors
Can Obama Stay the Course? Can Obama Stay the Course?
As he drives his team of retreads, the challenge for Obama is to remain the agent of change who electrified the nation.
Dec 3, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Beyond the Bailout State Beyond the Bailout State
If original thinking doesn't find a home among the Obama administration's Clinton-era Brainiacs, how can we move beyond the bailout state?
Dec 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Stimulus Now Stimulus Now
On Day One, Congress must present Obama with a bold stimulus plan focused on putting people to work, rebuilding infrastructure and expanding the productive capacity of the economy.
Nov 25, 2008 / The Editors
Can Obama Take On the Pentagon? Can Obama Take On the Pentagon?
Taking on the Pentagon, with its mega-budget and its mega-power, may be the hardest task Barack Obama faces.
Nov 25, 2008 / Feature / Frida Berrigan
Election’s Over–Time to Begin Election’s Over–Time to Begin
How millions of Obama volunteers can go to work for a progressive agenda.
Nov 25, 2008 / Feature / Michael Pertschuk
Past and Future Past and Future
Obama's too smart to allow the ideas of the past to define his presidency. Yet Timothy Geithner is an architect and enabler of the unfolding crisis.
Nov 24, 2008 / William Greider