Frank W. Lewis
Frank W. Lewis
Calvin Trillin
Another creepy GOP sex scandal.
Our Readers & William Deresiewicz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Restructure the world's economy to ensure a more stable and shared prosperity.
Benjamin Lytal Novelist Hans Fallada resented the constraints of the Nazi era but did not desist in his craft.
Richard Kim Since Obama traced his dazzling arc to the presidency, his stance on gay rights has become murkier, and more Clintonian.
VideoNation In part two of a three-part series, Chris Hayes of The Nation debates Reihan Salam of the National Review over the proper role of the US military in the world.
As we celebrate this country's birth, here is a look back at the leaders who have shaped our times, from Lincoln to Obama.
Lisa Duggan In the nation's reddest state, Salt Lake City queers are making big love.
David Schiff Gustav Mahler's embrace of Germanness and battles with anti-Semitism.
Babak Sarfaraz At the heart of the Green Wave sweeping Iran are the fearless young men and women who have few illusions about the complexity of the reforms they seek.
Alexander Cockburn
Why is it easier to raise 3 million tweets for demonstrations in Iran than to twit about Obama's sellouts at home?
Democracy Now Nation contributor Lisa Duggan reflects on the state of the gay rights movement, forty years after Stonewall.
Alan Gilbert
Leo Hindery Jr. & Leo W. Gerard The solution to the jobs crisis depends on manufacturing and trade policy reform.
The Editors
Sebastian Jones on healthcare reform, Nisa Qazi on refugees in Pakistan, John Nichols on NOW's Kim Gandy
Katha Pollitt The massive participation by women in Iran's street demonstrations is surprising only if you accept the mullahs' view of women as weak and passive vessels.
The Rachel Maddow Show The Nation's Chris Hayes reflects on the diminishing prospects of a Republican return to the White House in 2012.
Stuart Klawans
Agnès Varda's The Beaches of Agnès, Havana Marking's Afghan Star
Christopher Hayes How can we expect the experts to reform the financial system when it's experts who got us into this mess to begin with?
Ari Melber Will the recession bring the justice-system reforms that progressives have long supported?
Dave Zirin Who will be the next to die because our cities spend money on sports stadiums instead of basic infrastructure?
GRIT TV The Nation's Richard Kim participates in a panel discussion on the role of LGBT politics within the progressive movement.
William Greider
Congress should step up its investigations of the roots of the financial crisis and slow down the rush to weak solutions--especially the empowerment of the Federal Reserve.
Barbara Crossette Rafael Correa came to the United Nations this week armed with the usual anti-US rhetoric--but also with a plan for Latin American economic empowerment.
Ange Mlinko Why do Frederick Seidel's champions consistently transform his weaknesses into virtues?
Robert Scheer Congress should not be fooled by the argument of Wall Street lobbyists that Bernard Madoff was a lone rotten apple now safely discarded.
GRIT TV Is there still hope for serious immigration reform under President Obama? Roberto Lovato, Mallika Dutt and others on where the movement stands.
Kelly Hearn Indigenous activists in Peru are challenging their government and its partners in the biofuels industry--and winning.
Tom Hayden The military coup in Honduras puts pressure on the president to break sharply with past American policies or risk losing remains of Latin America's goodwill.
GRIT TV Stephen Cohen, a professor of Russian History at New York University weighs in on the future of US-Russian relations.
Ezra Nawi The author is going to prison--for peacefully resisting settler and army violence against West Bank Palestinians and the illegal expropriation of their land.
Benjamin Jealous The president of the NAACP explains why he has joined a "strange bedfellows" coalition drawn together to fight for the reopening of Troy Davis's capital case.
Tom Hayden The indictment of Alex Sanchez, a revered gangbanger-turned-peacemaker, raises doubts about the LAPD and whether it should be released from a federal court order.
Greg Grandin The military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya has drawn strong condemnation from President Obama and the world. But will the US government offer its unconditional support for his return to power?
Dahr Jamail The ongoing dissent that does exist in the US military, however fragmented and overlooked at the moment, should not be discounted.
Tom Hayden A federal magistrate denied Alex Sanchez bail in his gang conspiracy trial, but the prosecution entered a surprisingly "weak" case, according to defense counsel.