Calvin Trillin
Again, Dick says that torture's good.
Calvin Trillin
Again, Dick says that torture's good.
Frank W. Lewis
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Five leading figures of this country's food movement reflect on how food democracy can be achieved, here and now.
William Deresiewicz Will narrowed on a single object and fixed in the face of adversity--such is the recurring story of Gabriel García Márquez's work and life.
The Editors The window is open for President Obama and a Democratic Congress to finally reform our healthcare system. Success means a bill with a strong public option, not a watered-down "bipartisan" measure.
MSNBC The Nation's Jeremy Scahill describes the blurring of lines between the military and companies like Blackwater, who are engaging in armed combat in the current wars.
Tolu Olorunda It's the idea of one legendary black MC, who's dedicated two decades to the fight against rap-related violence.
Dan Barber The campaign for food democracy needs to start with boning knives and cast iron skillets.
Brent Cunningham How will the good-food revolution move beyond its evangelical phase?
Alexander Cockburn
We crave drama, but we're not getting it, except in the form of racist rallies
Esther Kaplan Our investigation into the shootings of African-Americans in the days after Hurricane Katrina seems to have gotten the feds' attention; but in New Orleans, the wheels of justice have rusted.
YouTube Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, explains how the public healthcare option would work.
A look at The Nation's coverage of the racial progress and tension in America during the first few months of the Obama presidency.
David Cay Johnston
Rising healthcare costs are killing wage increases.
Alice Waters School lunch reform is the best way to teach democratic values.
Katha Pollitt A movie about women's struggle to express their gifts through work? Delicious.
Countdown The Nation's Chris Hayes weighs in on steady growth of "bizarre mythology" about Obama and the ongoing witchunt aimed at his administration.
Dave Murphy People are beginning to understand the connection between our stomachs and our common destiny.
John Nichols
Bad peanuts and killer spinach: that's the food story of 2009. But in the coming months we may see a huge turning point in the fight for safety.
Robert Scheer What if eight years ago the World Trade Center had been leveled by a small nuclear bomb that took out most of lower Manhattan as well?
C-SPAN President Obama invokes history and offers a robust vision of progressive governance (if not the public option) in his major address to Congress on healthcare.
Grace Lee Boggs How we came to see vacant lots not as blight but as opportunities to grow our own food.
Band together to gain control of your own food.
GRIT TV Christopher Flavelle of Pro Publica and others on why states are ignoring the stimulus welfare fund and what this could mean for the future of the program.
LaDonna Redmond To engage a broader audience, food-justice activists need to change their language.
John Cavanagh & Sarah Anderson In confusing times like these, it's important to keep the story straight.
The Rachel Maddow Show The Nation's Chris Hayes looks back on the impact of right-wing 'death panel' attacks of August and sounds an optimistic note about the future.
Raj Patel, Eric Holt-Gimenez & Annie Shattuck Bill Gates's fortune is funding a new Green Revolution. But is that what Africans need?
MSNBC Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, talks about Obama, healthcare reform and the coming anniversary of the economic collapse.
Max Blumenthal Matthew Murray, a disturbed young gunman behind the the shootings in Colorado Springs, chose to end his nightmare and rebel against Christian-right self-help gurus and cult-like doctrines.
Anna Lappé
Concerned about global warming, students are pushing for change--in their dining halls.
Katrina vanden Heuvel The president's healthcare speech was not a full-fledged antidote to decades of Reaganism. But it was an eloquent call for a new progressive role for government. We must build on it.
Dayo Olopade
A frustrating quest for food security has led some residents to grow their own.
Michael Pollan Today's conversation about food was started by dot-connecting writers like Berry in the 1970s.
Habiba Alcindor An African-American community with New Deal roots finds some hope in a farmers' market.
Tom Hayden In an exclusive Nation interview, the ousted Honduran president calls the new State Department aid cutoff a "direct blow" against the regime that exiled him.
Tom Hayden In an exclusive Nation interview, the deposed Honduran president assesses the significance of his recent meeting with Secretary of State Clinton.
Annette Bernhardt, Ruth Milkman & Nik Theodore Employment and labor law violations are still persistent in America. There is hope for change with the new administration.
Tom Engelhardt How to measure "success" in Afghanistan, the metrics for a war gone to hell.
Jeremy Scahill The death of a Triple Canopy contractor in Iraq bears a striking resemblance to an earlier electrocution ruled to be a "negligent homicide."