Obama’s Fateful Choice Obama’s Fateful Choice
US Afghanistan policy should not be held hostage to the president's past rhetoric.
Oct 21, 2009 / The Editors
Nobel Peace Sparks War Nobel Peace Sparks War
It's peculiar, the vocabulary that makes a liability out of the Nobel Prize.
Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Obama’s Nobel Obama’s Nobel
Did the president deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize? No, of course not. But he still has a chance to earn it.
Oct 14, 2009 / The Editors
Obama’s Bad Influence Obama’s Bad Influence
Just because the United States is trying to be a global team player again doesn't mean the game gets better rules.
Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Naomi Klein
A Gift From the Ramparts of Capital… A Gift From the Ramparts of Capital…
People shouldn't take Peace Prizes too seriously except under those rare circumstances when a prize committee somewhere gets it right.
Oct 14, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Obama and the Decline of White America Obama and the Decline of White America
Marginal extremist voices are amplified by the right-wing echo chamber.
Oct 7, 2009 / Column / Gary Younge
Time to Raise Pell! Time to Raise Pell!
Young people urge their Senators to support cutting wasteful subsidies to student loan companies, and to invest at least $40 billion in the Pell grant program.
Oct 7, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
Against Escalation Against Escalation
Obama faces a presidency-defining choice: will he escalate in Afghanistan, or plot a new course?
Sep 30, 2009 / The Editors
Same as It Ever Was: Talking Head in Pittsburgh Same as It Ever Was: Talking Head in Pittsburgh
Why the sudden disclosure of a secret uranium enrichment facility in Iran?
Sep 30, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Dick Gephardt’s Spectacular Sellout Dick Gephardt’s Spectacular Sellout
As a politician, he was a champion of progressive reform. Now he lobbies for its enemies.
Sep 30, 2009 / Feature / Sebastian Jones