Political Figures

What’s the Story, President Obama?

What’s the Story, President Obama? What’s the Story, President Obama?

Obama's flawed tax compromise is just the latest result of the Democrats' failure to clearly explain their vision for this country's economic future.

Dec 16, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman

Health Reform Teach-In Health Reform Teach-In

Educating Americans about this administration's healthcare successes is easier than Obama thinks.

Dec 16, 2010 / Harvey Sloane

A Progressive’s Answer to Obama A Progressive’s Answer to Obama

Without a president who will stand up for the ideals he ran on, even as he seeks resolution, the progressive worldview becomes muted, and the conservative worldview validated.

Dec 15, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Briefing: Richard Kim & Betsy Reed on Obama’s Tax Cut Deal Briefing: Richard Kim & Betsy Reed on Obama’s Tax Cut Deal

For Kim and Reed, Obama's caving to Republican pressure on extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans was a defeat, even if it resulted in some good results for progressives. ...

Dec 13, 2010 / Press Room

Quote of the Day: Dr. K.’s Holocaust Quote of the Day: Dr. K.’s Holocaust

The ultimate "realist" goes a bit too far.

Dec 11, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Readers respond to Obama's controversial tax cut compromise.

Dec 10, 2010 / Eric Alterman

The Breakdown: What Would Keynes Say About the Tax Deal?

The Breakdown: What Would Keynes Say About the Tax Deal? The Breakdown: What Would Keynes Say About the Tax Deal?

Will the tax deal result in Keynes-style stimulus? Washington Editor Christopher Hayes and Tyler Cowen, an economics professor at George Mason University, break down Keynesianism a...

Dec 10, 2010 / Chris Hayes

Nation Conversations: National Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske on the Possibility of Reform under Obama

Nation Conversations: National Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske on the Possibility of Reform under Obama Nation Conversations: National Drug Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske on the Possibility of Reform under Obama

The Nation's Sasha Abramsky and Obama's Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, speak at length about the administration's drug reform agenda.

Dec 9, 2010 / The Nation

Questions for the Drug Czar Questions for the Drug Czar

On October 1, just one month before Californians voted on Proposition 19, Sasha Abramsky spoke by phone with Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Poli...

Dec 9, 2010 / Sasha Abramsky

Our Editor-in-Chief President Our Editor-in-Chief President

Reed talks media and Obama's tax cut compromise, and argues that the best political route doesn't always cut straight down the middle of the road.

Dec 9, 2010 / Eric Alterman

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