Politics

War Is Over (If You Want It) War Is Over (If You Want It)

This just in: we won the Iraq War. And for the past eight years George W. Bush kept us safe.

Feb 26, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Opening the Files on Bush’s Secrets Opening the Files on Bush’s Secrets

Freedom of Information wish list: What did Treasury do with the TARP money? Who authorized torture? Plus, warrantless wiretap targets, FEMA's Katrina records and White House e-mail...

Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Tibetan Exiles: ‘We Shall Overcome’ Tibetan Exiles: ‘We Shall Overcome’

Activists take inspiration from Rosa Parks, Gandhi and the Ruckus Society.

Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Amy Yee

Surfers vs. the Superferry Surfers vs. the Superferry

How grassroots activists in Hawaii threw a wrench into plans for an environmentally hazardous superferry.

Feb 26, 2009 / Feature / Jerry Mander and Koohan Paik

Obama’s Toughest Task Obama’s Toughest Task

Obama's address to Congress was a gift to a dispirited nation. Now the hard work begins to transform vision to reality--but how can we do it by waging another war?

Feb 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Resisting Foreclosure Resisting Foreclosure

This week in Baltimore, the first protester in a civil disobedience campaign to resist foreclosure was arrested. Is there more to come?

Feb 24, 2009 / GRITtv

Too Big Not to Fail? Too Big Not to Fail?

If it really is time for accountability, we should start by holding banks and financial institutions responsible for their actions and not allow them to rob us again with TARP II.

Feb 24, 2009 / Feature / James S. Henry

The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Michele Bachmann’s Bull The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Michele Bachmann’s Bull

The Nation's Chris Hayes crowns Congresswoman Michele Bachmann the Demi Glas of Wingnuttia for her ignorant attack on the stimulus plan.

Feb 19, 2009 / Countdown

Obama’s War? Obama’s War?

Obama's escalation threatens to make Bush's war his own. There's still time to change direction.

Feb 18, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Noted. Noted.

Richard Lingeman remembers Robert Bendiner, John Nichols laments Roland Burris, William Greider takes heart at the appointment of union man Ron Bloom to Obama's economics team.

Feb 18, 2009 / The Editors

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