Olympics in Chicago: ‘Obama’s Folly’? Olympics in Chicago: ‘Obama’s Folly’?
An overwhelming majority of Chicagoans oppose spending any public money on the Olympics. But Obama is lining up with Mayor Daley in support of the Windy City's bid.
Sep 22, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Racism Tarnishes News Coverage Racism Tarnishes News Coverage
How did the mainstream media cover this week's Iranian election, tea-bagger rally in DC or former President Carter's comment about racism and politics in the US?
Sep 18, 2009 / GRITtv
Obama Is Fired Up About Healthcare Obama Is Fired Up About Healthcare
The Nation's Ari Melber on Obama's speech to the AFL-CIO which seemed to inspire the president's populist side and showed an eagerness to engage with the public.
Sep 17, 2009 / MSNBC
The Right Reacts to Racism Allegations The Right Reacts to Racism Allegations
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell discusses the importance of President Carter's remark that racism has played a role in the opposition to Obama's agenda.
Sep 17, 2009 / Countdown
Kristof’s Challenge Kristof’s Challenge
If women's equality is the cause of our time, we'll get further by acknowledging it's a challenge no country has fully met than by framing it as a Western crusade.
Sep 16, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The African Airlift The African Airlift
The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.
Sep 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Karen Rothmyer
Hold Ashcroft Accountable Hold Ashcroft Accountable
The Ninth Circuit rules that John Ashcroft can be held accountable for the "paradigm of prevention" that led to unlawful detainment of a US citizen.
Sep 16, 2009 / David Cole
The World and Pittsburgh The World and Pittsburgh
At the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, activists will push the United States to back proposals to regulate CEO compensation and require corporate responsibility.
Sep 16, 2009 / John Nichols
When Money Talks When Money Talks
The Supreme Court is poised to overrule decisions restricting corporate speech in political campaigns.
Sep 16, 2009 / The Editors
Repairing Our Broken Justice System Repairing Our Broken Justice System
We need to change the sorry frame of the debate over judges and the role the judicial system plays in our democracy.
Sep 16, 2009 / Feature / Gara LaMarche