Frank W. Lewis
Frank W. Lewis
Calvin Trillin
Ode to a bailout.
Our Readers, Greg Grandin & Dan Kaufman
Noy Thrupkaew Do brothel raids help trafficking victims escape abuse, or skirt the reality that makes recovery so difficult for the "rescued?"
Natasha Wimmer Mercè Rodoreda's fiction plumbs a sadness borne of helplessness, an almost voluptuous vulnerability.
The Editors The Supreme Court is poised to overrule decisions restricting corporate speech in political campaigns.
Countdown 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.
Images of those who seek to obstruct, undermine and smear progressives--while posing a threat to democracy.
Gara LaMarche We need to change the sorry frame of the debate over judges and the role the judicial system plays in our democracy.
Jefferson Decker How did Wal-Mart become so successful that its merciless economic model could threaten its own bottom line?
John Nichols
At the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, activists will push the United States to back proposals to regulate CEO compensation and require corporate responsibility.
Alexander Cockburn
"Birthers'" claims shift, but their essence is always the same: Barack Obama has no right to be president.
The Rachel Maddow Show The Nation's Chris Hayes illuminates the repercussions that will result from the right's continued praise for Joe Wilson's false claim.
Walter Mosley Americans deserve a government agency charged with fostering the pursuit of happiness.
Stuart Klawans
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum, Jane Campion's Bright Star
The Editors
Norwegians vote for "social-democratic paradise;" Rep. Joe Wilson's lie turns lucrative; why are all the taxpayers at the 9/12 march white?
Katha Pollitt 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.
MSNBC 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.
David Cole 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.
Tom Engelhardt The United States is coming ever closer to a state that matches the Orwellian slogan from 1984: war is peace.
The Daily Show Has 2009 been the year of the angry outburst? Lewis Black breaks down recent bad behavior from Joe Wilson, Kanye West and Serena Williams as only he can.
Dave Zirin 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.
Karen Rothmyer
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.
Saturday Night Live What if all the GOP congressmen were supposed to yell 'you lie' but changed their minds at the last minute while Joe Wilson was in the bathroom?
Ann Jones Whatever the debate in Washington, Congressional and military scenarios for training a vast Afghan Army will never come true.
Robert Scheer President Obama should follow the model of the incredibly successful Reagan revolution and heed the political base that made his presidency possible.
GRIT TV 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?
Barbara Crossette In a surprise victory, Bulgarian diplomat Irina Bokova becomes the first female and first Eastern European head of Unesco.
MSNBC The Nation's Ari Melber defends Obama's recent media blitz, arguing that he can inform the public about what he stands for and helps maintain a healthy democracy.
Barbara Crossette This week's UN General Assembly session will be memorable not so much for what is said by the lineup of world leaders as for the sustained involvement of one of them: Barack Obama.
Funny or Die Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde and other popular entertainers speak out in defense of greedy health insurance execs backed by an ominous soundtrack.
Robert S. Eshelman Even permitted demonstrators are subjected to unconstitutional search and seizure at the gathering of world leaders.
Tom Hayden Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold suggests that he will oppose more troops and funding for the war in Afghanistan if the Obama adminstration doesn't present a cohesive exit strategy.
GRIT TV On the eve of the G-20 summit, The Nation's Alexander Cockburn and others discuss the future of capitalism.
GRIT TV Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya on the UN deliberations and what can be expected at the climate summit in December.
Robert S. Eshelman Climate change groups occupy a central place among G-20 protests in Pittsburgh.
The Daily Show Jon Stewart lampoons the far right-wing's obsession with pre-marital sex, homosexuality and pornography.