Frank W. Lewis
Frank W. Lewis
Calvin Trillin
The Wall Street types consider this unfair--they say they earned their money fair and square.
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Katrina vanden Heuvel & Stephen F. Cohen A wide-ranging Nation interview with the former Soviet president.
Ronald Grigor Suny The story of communism's rise and fall in Eastern Europe is a tale of two revolutions.
The Editors To reform the financial sector, we must break up "too big to fail" conglomerates and reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.
As Latvia experiences one of the deepest recessions in Europe, writer Kristina Rizga and photographer Akim Aginsky report on the people caught in the financial storm.
Robert Greenwald A collection of Sarah Palin bloopers to complement Going Rouge, the collection of essays about Palin featuring Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel.
Slavenka Drakulic
Yugoslavs were unprepared for the surge of nationalism that followed Tito's communist rule.
Richard Byrne When Yugoslavia disintegrated, so too did the film career of Dusan Makavejev.
William Greider The time to pay down the deficit will come only after the economy recovers.
Alexander Cockburn
Obsessions over sex have little to do with sexual behavior and everything to do with policing.
The Rachel Maddow Show Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP's love/hate relationship with Sarah Palin, and Democratic dynamics since Obama's victory in 2008.
The Nation uncovers interesting trends, rifts and potential problems progressives will need to confront in future elections.
Dara Wier
Kristina Rizga The economic meltdown has Latvians reconsidering decades of neoliberal policies.
The Editors States sound off for instant runoff voting; activists unite for the International Day of Climate Action; and we remember an American radical who fought the "good fight" against fascism in Spain.
Katha Pollitt First feminism was dead because it was a "failure"; now it's dead because it was such a success.
The Rachel Maddow Show The Nation's Christopher Hayes believes one New York congressional race marks a takeover of the GOP by far-right radicals like the tea party protesters.
Lars T. Lih
Archie Brown's account of the high politics of communism's collapse is Kremlinology without the guesswork.
Dave Zirin
The NFL is only the highest-profile example of the economic crisis pervading the world of sports.
Dilip Hiro Why Russia and China will sink Washington's Iran policy.
The Joy Behar Show Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and Arianna Huffington discuss Rush Limbaugh's inaccurate and gratuitous Sunday morning appearance on Fox.
Robert Scheer The most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 US troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in harm's way.
Come out of the closet about your drug use; hire a formerly incarcerated person; vote for politicians who are smart on crime.
Greg Grandin Roberto Micheletti has agreed to a plan to end the country's political impasse. But the coup government is already looking for loopholes.
Ange Mlinko In an information economy, tiny asymmetries in language comprehension translate into vast profits--and large-scale collapses.
GRIT TV Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and others discuss what's changed, what's stayed the same and what we still hope to see happen under Obama.
Sharon Lerner Another complication in healthcare reform legislation has emerged: so far, it fails to require insurers to cover basic preventive services for women, including contraception.
Greg Kaufmann It's undeniable that pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has had an impact on compensation at bailed-out firms. But it's equally clear that the casino culture that created this mess remains untouched.
GRIT TV Nation contributor Elizabeth Mendez Berry discusses how the Obama administration has tried to harness its grassroots efforts post-election.
Shon Meckfessel Nation writer Shane Bauer and his friends have been detained by Iran for almost 100 days. A fourth member of their party appeals directly to Iran's president for their release.
Britt Harwood The new progressive Jewish organization J Street has benefited from the blogosphere's interest. But will exposure turn into political mobilization?
Daniel Chandler On November 3, Mainers will decide whether to keep a law that made Maine the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Polls predict a nail-biting finish.
Tom Engelhardt Why do America's leaders always opt for "more" in counterinsurgency disasters rather than cutting their losses?
Barbara Crossette Is the campaign to fight female genital mutilation meeting new resistance not only in traditional societies but among Western anthropologists?
Ari Melber There are the things the president is doing that he said he would do. These actions can draw plenty of criticism, but not genuine shock. Then there are the things he is not doing which he said he would do.
Amira Hass Accepting the International Women's Media Foundation lifetime achievement award, Amira Hass decries the "official language" that allows her fellow Israelis to avoid reality.
Lindsay Beyerstein The final House health reform bill has a public option all right, but not the robust version progressives were hoping for.
Sharona Coutts Phoenix has allegedly broken the law by tying recruiters' pay to enrollment numbers, creating pressure to sign up unqualified students.
Barbara Ehrenreich Thanks to Big Pharma, your child may not get a flu shot as soon as they should.