Frank W. Lewis
Frank W. Lewis
Calvin Trillin
Wing-nut democracy.
Our Readers
Christopher Hayes An effective investigation into the breadth of the CIA's interrogation programs must be bipartisan, similar to the work of the Church Committee in the 1970s.
James Longenbach In his best poems, Wallace Stevens makes deprivation feel seductively like plenitude.
The Editors
Trust the judgment of the American majority, who say this war is no longer worth fighting.
A tribute to the late, great "Liberal Lion" of the Senate whose dream of a more compassionate nation will never die.
CNN A segment on Anderson Cooper 360 investigates the white vigilante justice that tore through New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Antonio Ramírez A Milwaukee teacher reflects on those first difficult years.
Kathryn Joyce Christian agencies lavish support services on pregnant women--if they give up their babies.
Barry Schwabsky Does the art of Dan Graham and his disciples promise deceptive simplicity or formulaic thinking?
The Editors Remembering Senator Edward Kennedy, who broke barriers of personality and partisanship.
Patricia J. Williams What's at stake could very well be nothing less than America's own Weimar moment.
YouTube The upcoming film, Revealing Hate takes an in-depth look at the chilling history and present of America's white supremacist organizations.
Michael Palmer
Jeremy Scahill Recent disclosures of Blackwater's covert activities may finally force Congress to take action.
Eric Alterman It's time to do Robert Novak the honor of taking his life's work seriously.
Norman Birnbaum Senator Kennedy was recognized worldwide as a leader of the American left. What is less recognized is his connection to a social justice-oriented Catholic faith.
Countdown The Nation's Jeremy Scahill criticizes the former vice president's recent defense of torture and the media outlets who let him get away with it.
Christine Smallwood A conversation with the former frontman of Pulp about the sound of music in the digital era.
The Editors
Help for healthcare heroes; torture at the top.
The Rachel Maddow Show The Nation's Chris Hayes calls for a wide-ranging investigation of torture policies similar to the Church Committee of the 1970s.
Barbara Crossette With the change in Pepfar guidelines, the Obama administration opens new opportunities to link AIDS work and family planning and strengthen health systems in developing countries.
Robert Scheer The way he's headed on Afghanistan, Barack Obama is threatened with a quagmire that could bog down his presidency.
Akiva Gottlieb
A new volume of essays shows Hollis Frampton leaving behind photography for film.
Michael Kazin
If Obama and his progressive allies hope to defeat the latest assault on federal power, they will need to go beyond his artful ambivalence.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.
Ange Mlinko Conlangs often succeed only in stripping language of its surprise.
David Cortright Regardless of who started the war in Afghanistan, it is now Obama's war. Preventing military escalation is necessary if the president doesn't want it to become his Vietnam.
Nick Turse The eerie confluence of the tales of two convicted mass murderers, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and William Calley--and their fates.
John Nichols The poet's "September 1, 1939" saw the start of World War II and declared: "We must love one another or die."
David Swanson Imagine that George W. Bush had been allowed a third term as president, had run and had won or stolen it, and that we were all now living (and dying) through it.