Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up? Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?
The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Executive Excess on Capitol Hill Executive Excess on Capitol Hill
Faced with a no-brainer fix to close a tax loophole, Senate Democrats are dithering, caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.
Nov 12, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes and Charlie Cray
Judging Thomas Judging Thomas
A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Time to Choose Time to Choose
Eight Nation contributors make the best case for their candidate.
Nov 8, 2007 / Feature / The Nation
Cracking the Code Cracking the Code
How can the left be as adept as the right-wing spin machine at communicating its political agenda? Learn how to use the tools.
Nov 6, 2007 / Feature / Thom Hartmann
David Horowitz, Feminist? David Horowitz, Feminist?
The oppression of Muslim women is a major theme among the Islamofascistly aware. If only they felt the same about other women on earth.
Nov 1, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Bobby Jindal: Not Much to Celebrate Bobby Jindal: Not Much to Celebrate
Some herald the election of an Indian-American Republican governor as a milestone, but the poor and black citizens of Louisiana aren't among them.
Oct 30, 2007 / Feature / Billy Sothern
Shanker Blows Up the World Shanker Blows Up the World
The life and legacy of a fiery New York teachers' advocate gets caught in the crossfire of a changing liberal landscape.
Oct 25, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
The Liberal Hawks’ Lament The Liberal Hawks’ Lament
Consider the plight of the embattled liberal hawks and their lonely struggle to discredit the left.
Oct 25, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Values Voters Schism A Values Voters Schism
The Christian right is embroiled in an internal culture war, pitting true believers against pragmatists looking for a candidate to satisfy the antitax and neoconservative wings of ...
Oct 25, 2007 / Sarah Posner