Politics

Tell ‘The Nation’: Recession Stories Tell ‘The Nation’: Recession Stories

In response to Lizzy Ratner's "Generation Recession," young readers from across the country wrote to The Nation to share how the recession has impacted them.

Nov 23, 2009 / Feature / Our Readers

Coal Country Coal Country

A stunning film that exposes the devastation of mountaintop removal coal mining to the forests, streams, and communities of Appalachia, Coal Country puts the personal stories of re...

Nov 23, 2009 / Peter Rothberg

Gore to ‘Get Crazy’ on Climate Change Gore to ‘Get Crazy’ on Climate Change

Because no one is responding to his more rational pleas, Al Gore has some new, creative ideas that might finally elicit a response.

Nov 23, 2009 / Saturday Night Live

Is Sarah Palin Barbie Gone Bad? Is Sarah Palin Barbie Gone Bad?

The Nation's Naomi Klein on Palin: "She's a gun toting Barbie created in the basement of the Heritage Found."

Nov 19, 2009 / The Joy Behar Show

Jon Stewart on Why He Hates Sarah Palin Jon Stewart on Why He Hates Sarah Palin

It's not the fact that she's pretty or that she shoots things, says Stewart--"that's actually my favorite part."

Nov 19, 2009 / The Daily Show

An Inconvenient Solution An Inconvenient Solution

In Our Choice, Al Gore explains what must be done. But is there the political will to do it?

Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Bill McKibben

Noted. Noted.

You don't have to go to Copenhagen to join the activists racing against the ticking environmental bomb.

Nov 19, 2009 / The Editors

Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer

What's up with Barack Obama? Finally someone has a good idea about how to deal with Wall Street and the White House condemns it.

Nov 18, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Solution to Unemployment: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours Solution to Unemployment: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours

There is an easy way to get unemployed workers back to work: pay them to work shorter hours.

Nov 17, 2009 / Dean Baker

Going Rouge: An American Nightmare Going Rouge: An American Nightmare

Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel weighs in on Sarah Palin's book tour and our magazine's book countering it.

Nov 17, 2009 / MSNBC

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