Obama’s Philosophy: Play It Cool Obama’s Philosophy: Play It Cool
The president-elect's seemingly unflappable temperament gets spoofed by SNL's Fred Armisen.
Dec 22, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
What’s the Matter With Rick Warren? What’s the Matter With Rick Warren?
Obama's choice to give the invocation at his inauguration is a slap at progressives and a bow to the religious right.
Dec 17, 2008 / Sarah Posner
The Prophet The Prophet
Howard Dean's fifty-state strategy remade the Democratic Party. What comes next?
Dec 17, 2008 / Feature / Ari Berman
Hurled Shoes: Bush’s Epitaph Hurled Shoes: Bush’s Epitaph
The loathing that led an Iraqi to hurl shoes at Bush serves as the world's final verdict on US folly in Iraq. It's also a caution for Obama as he ponders Afghanistan.
Dec 17, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Pragmatist The Pragmatist
We get it. He's pragmatic. But what does that mean--politically and philosophically?
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hayes
Bearing the Weight of it All Bearing the Weight of it All
Barack Obama's electoral victory is momentous but ethereal. Progress is eroded when not pushed forward--and there is still much yet to be done.
Nov 19, 2008 / Benjamin Todd Jealous
Chris Hayes on the Bailout of Joe Lieberman Chris Hayes on the Bailout of Joe Lieberman
The Nation's Chris Hayes suggests that Congress might be too generous lately, by granting Joe Lieberman his beloved Homeland Security chairmanship.
Nov 18, 2008 / Countdown
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Nick Turse on a scandal that killed 11,000. Plus: Bob Dreyfuss, Patricia Williams and Frances Fox Piven on the nascent Obama policy agenda.
Nov 18, 2008 / Radio Nation
Sen. Ted Kennedy Returns to Senate Sen. Ted Kennedy Returns to Senate
Sen. Ted Kennedy triumphantly returns to the Senate and plans to make healthcare reform a top priority.
Nov 17, 2008 / Talking Points Memo
Barack Obama on 60 Minutes: No More Gitmo, Torture Barack Obama on 60 Minutes: No More Gitmo, Torture
President-elect Obama speaks with 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft about the need to restore America's moral standing in the world.
Nov 17, 2008 / CBS