Change Won’t Come Easy Change Won’t Come Easy
Many progressives thought we had taken back America in 2008, but the work has just begun.
Jan 14, 2010 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
Is Sarah Palin a Natural Fox? Is Sarah Palin a Natural Fox?
Only after Fox News announced that it had hired Sarah Palin as an "news analyst" did I realize that I've been subconsciously calling her Sarah Fox, Fox Palin, or Sarah Pa...
Jan 14, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Obama at One Obama at One
The Nation asked members of our community and beyond: looking back at Obama's first year in office, what was the high point, and what was your sharpest disappointment?
Jan 13, 2010 / Feature / Various Contributors
Realism and Idealism in The Real World’s DC Realism and Idealism in The Real World’s DC
Washington more often suffocates than satisfies our dreams, and this may prove to be the twenty-third season's unwavering dramatic thread.
Jan 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter
Believers in Great Men Think Alike Believers in Great Men Think Alike
Disappointment is one thing American liberals can be certain of. Optimism is the real challenge.
Jan 13, 2010 / Column / Gary Younge
Why Liz Cheney is Irrelevant Why Liz Cheney is Irrelevant
Chris Hayes discusses Liz Cheney and Keep America Safe, her useless neoconservative 'pressure group.'
Jan 12, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Holbrooke: Not Hostage to Pakistan Holbrooke: Not Hostage to Pakistan
Last week, during an appearance by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke at the Brookings Institution, I had a chance to ask him a key question about the war, concerning the Pakistan-Taliba...
Jan 12, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
On Reid and Racism On Reid and Racism
Joe Biden once remarked that Barack Obama was "clean" and "articulate." He is now Vice President. During the Democratic primaries Hillary Clinton invoked Rober...
Jan 11, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Breaking News: Harry Reid Sees Black People Breaking News: Harry Reid Sees Black People
Stop the presses! Harry Reid said the word "Negro" and, worse, suggested that white people are less afraid of light-skinned blacks who don't use double negatives. But by ...
Jan 11, 2010 / Kai Wright
Bad Model Ford Bad Model Ford
The news that Harold Ford Jr., a conservative Democrat from Tennessee, is considering a primary challenge to New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is as laughable as ludicrous. I'm s...
Jan 11, 2010 / Ari Berman