Frank W. Lewis
Frank W. Lewis
Calvin Trillin
He's got some explaining to do.
Our Readers
Listen to Naomi Klein interview Michael Moore on how Obama is handling the economic crisis and who is letting Wall Street take advantage of us.
Marina Harss A celebrated Russian choreographer is charting a stylish new course for American Ballet Theatre.
Naomi Klein The Shock Doctrine author interviews Michael Moore on the roots of the economic crisis and the promise and peril of this political moment.
The Editors
Policy can be racist even when no one crafting it harbors hatred of a particular racial group.
VideoNation The Nation's John Nichols sits down with Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh to discuss our economic crisis.
Campaign for Youth Justice's Liz Ryan talks about the thousands of teenagers detained in adult jails and prisons.
Christine Smallwood
A conversation with the author of Homer and Langley about opting out.
Nomi Prins & Christopher Hayes If banks were people, here's what the full $17.5 trillion bailout would look like.
Patricia J. Williams When does a society tip from expressive speech into excessive fulmination and then into repression or violence?
Christopher Hayes The ACORN tapes and the Inequality of Accountability.
Saturday Night Live The inevitable Glenn Beck impression makes its debut, complete with a trembling voice, blatant factual inaccuracies and Hitler salutes.
Barry Schwabsky Jack Tworkov's writings wrestle with the figures of Abstract Expressionism and his own lost illusions.
William F. Baker The case for public funding of journalism and news outlets.
Eric Alterman Grappling with Irving Kristol's legacy.
Richard Lingeman
In Ralph Nader's new utopian novel, "only the super-rich can save us."
The Rachel Maddow Show Nation contributor Jeremy Scahill say that this witch-hunt against ACORN 'isn't really about upholding the law.'
Jordan Davis
The Editors
Panic and silence greet the release of the UN Human Rights Council report on Gaza; the FCC backs net neutrality.
Tom Engelhardt Are we heading for a Petraeus Moment in the Afghan War, along with a titanic civilian-military clash of wills?
VideoNation G-20 protesters and Pittsburgh locals take a stand against the summit and the corporate globalization they feel it supports.
Dave Zirin Some National Football League players appear to be turning over a new leaf when it comes to gay rights, but a history of homophobia still haunts the sport.
J. Lester Feder Progressives need to be as concerned about insurance coverage affordability as we are about a public option.
Frederika Randall Silvio Berlusconi's increasingly erratic behavior may bring about his downfall. But in a bitterly divided Italy, the most likely successor does not look appetizing.
The Daily Show Stewart takes on the crazy conspiracy theories of the right, starting with the recent Fox News coverage of ACORN.
Robert Scheer This week the Chinese Communists celebrate their sixtieth year in power, an event that the make-war-not-peace crowd might benefit from contemplating.
Sharon Lerner If Republicans don't have much hope of derailing healthcare reform, they still have a shot at seriously limiting women's access to affordable reproductive healthcare.
Sylvia Law Health reform promises support for comprehensive care. That promise plainly does not extend to women who depend on public funds and seek abortions.
GRIT TV Nation contributor Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald discuss the decline of establishment media and who's afraid of the independent press.
Barbara Crossette At the UN this week, Barack Obama told the world to stop complaining about US hegemony and start working with Washington on big global problems. He should take his own advice.
Greg Kaufmann Among racial and ethnic minorities, a disproportionately high foreclosure rate is spreading to homeowners with prime loans.
Countdown The Nation's Christopher Hayes weighs in on of the recent "treasonous rhetoric from the right" and the danger that it could lead to real violence.
Jeremy Scahill Democrats joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN" yet have done nothing to stop Blackwater's taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Trudy Lieberman Humana and other insurance industry giants have been fomenting a scare campaign among seniors to keep the industry's wasteful taxpayer subsidy going.
Robert S. Eshelman In heavily fortified Pittsburgh, protesters are kept isolated from local residents and from conference attendees.
Adam Howard Five Democratic senators on the Senate Finance Committee helped defeat a public option; do they really think that will advance reform--or even their political careers?
Greg Grandin Hugo Chávez talks about his relationship with Barack Obama, the Honduran crisis, plans to extend the Pentagon's presence in Colombia, and domestic successes and challenges.
Herman Schwartz How a mere "procedural" decision blatantly shortchanges justice.
Arundhati Roy What's next in a world where democracy has been so hollowed out, so emptied of meaning?
Alex DiBranco The explosion of student sex columns, as captivating as they are controversial, represents a campus movement possessed of the same subversive potential that fueled 1960s student activism.
Aram Roston While corruption by the Afghan government has been widely condemned, corruption by Western officials in Afghanistan has received little if any scrutiny.
Sharon Lerner Two anti-choice amendments considered by the Senate Finance Committee today were soundly defeated.