Jeremy Scahill: How the US Strengthens Al Qaeda in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: How the US Strengthens Al Qaeda in Yemen
In efforts to target Al Qaeda members in Yemen, the US has unintentionally weakened President Saleh’s regime.
Apr 1, 2011 / Press Room
Obama’s CEO-in-Chief, GE’s Immelt, Must Go Obama’s CEO-in-Chief, GE’s Immelt, Must Go
Russ Feingold asks: “How can someone like Immelt be given the responsibility of heading a jobs creation task force when his company has been creating more jobs overseas while...
Mar 31, 2011 / John Nichols
Jim Messina, Obama’s Enforcer Jim Messina, Obama’s Enforcer
The president's re-election campaign manager has alienated grassroots constituencies.
Mar 30, 2011 / Feature / Ari Berman
Obama’s Fatal Addiction to Corporate Hustlers Obama’s Fatal Addiction to Corporate Hustlers
During his time at GE, Jeffrey Immelt led the company into a subprime mortgage hole so deep that it needed billions in government cash to get back out. That was before Obama made h...
Mar 30, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya? Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya?
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel speaks with Middle East scholar Juan Cole about his open letter to the left on Libya.
Mar 29, 2011 / The Nation
Obama Tries, Without Success, to Explain an Undeclared War Obama Tries, Without Success, to Explain an Undeclared War
The rhetoric was lovely, but the president’s speech on Libya was a bumbling affair in which he kept referencing the fact that he took the country to war without properly cons...
Mar 29, 2011 / John Nichols
What Obama Should Say Tonight About Libya What Obama Should Say Tonight About Libya
Obama should tell Americans: "I have come before you tonight to admit that I have erred in intervening in Libya."
Mar 28, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Loves Nukes Obama Loves Nukes
Even as Fukushima threatens to unleash the greatest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl, the president champions nuclear power in the United States.
Mar 24, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard
Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform Maya Soetoro-Ng’s Big Ideas for Education Reform
Like her brother, President Obama, Soetoro-Ng wants to revamp school systems and broaden test-focused curriculums.
Mar 23, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Wake Up! End the Silence on Afghanistan Wake Up! End the Silence on Afghanistan
It's time to resolve the disconnect between public opinion and government policy towards Afghanistan.
Mar 23, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel