Politics

Are Obama and Progressives on the Outs? Are Obama and Progressives on the Outs?

There's a tension between the Obama administration and the progressive movement, but it's not the one mainstream media have been describing or that the White House seems to perce...

Jun 16, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rape and Spillage Rape and Spillage

What's with the president's war analogy on the oil spill? And why be surprised that the oil conglomerates are also in bed with their pretend Washington regulators?

Jun 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Obama Talks Tough On Oil Spill

Obama Talks Tough On Oil Spill Obama Talks Tough On Oil Spill

The president delivers his "We will fight this spill with everything we've got for as long it takes" speech. Now he must match strong rhetoric with action.

Jun 16, 2010 / John Nichols

A State Democratic Party Tells Congress: Reject More War Spending A State Democratic Party Tells Congress: Reject More War Spending

Wisconsin Democratic Party urges Congress to oppose President Obama's  request for "emergency" supplemetal spending to expand occupations of Iraq and Afghanista...

Jun 15, 2010 / John Nichols

Washington Is Drunk on War Washington Is Drunk on War

Mark it on your calendar.  It seems we’ve finally entered the Soviet era in America.

Jun 15, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

Iron Lady, Meet Pitbull in Lipstick Iron Lady, Meet Pitbull in Lipstick

It's a political cartoonist's dream: Sarah Palin is reportedly planning a trip to England to meet her political idol, Margaret Thatcher.

Jun 15, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem

Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem

For the first time, the US has been included in its own report on countries that are sites of human trafficking.

Jun 15, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann

Far-Right Angle? Far-Right Angle?

Washington editor Christopher Hayes on The Rachel Maddow Show discussing the GOP’s zany campaign tactics and attempts to mask Sharron Angle’s absurdly far-right sta...

Jun 15, 2010 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV. 

Jun 14, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV.  This week: the victories of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whit...

Jun 14, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

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