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November 4, 2009
Nation contributor Elizabeth Mendez Berry discusses how the Obama administration has tried to harness its grassroots efforts post-election.
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November 4, 2009
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.
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October 23, 2009
Nation contributor Barbara Ehrenreich presents Bright Sided, her new book about the negative aspect of positive thinking.
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October 21, 2009
More than 5 million have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and violence against women is so common that it's been called femicide-genocide. What can we here in the US do about it?
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October 15, 2009
Author Sharon Lerner and Rep. Raul Grijalva discuss flaws in the Senate Finance Committee's health bill and increased popular support for a public option.
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October 14, 2009
Is the so-called opt-out provision a worthy compromise for progressives who've already compromised just to get to a discussion of a public option?
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October 5, 2009
Jeff Sharlet says the conservative Christian movement in the US is far more complicated, diverse and powerful than most coverage of events like the 9/12 Tea Party protests suggests.
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September 30, 2009
Nation contributor Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald discuss the decline of establishment media and who's afraid of the independent press.
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September 23, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya on the UN deliberations and what can be expected at the climate summit in December.
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September 23, 2009
On the eve of the G-20 summit, The Nation's Alexander Cockburn and others discuss the future of capitalism.
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September 18, 2009
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?
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September 16, 2009
David Cay Johnston, Robert Johnson and Barrett Sheridan on whether the worst is over. And if it is, what's to prevent another economic storm from happening again?
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September 11, 2009
The Nation's Ari Melber, Aimee Allison of KPFA Radio and others discuss the resignation of Van Jones and what it means for the larger political atmosphere.
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September 9, 2009
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.
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August 5, 2009
Erik Prince has been implicated in murder, viewed himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims from the globe and his company smuggled weapons into Iraq.
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July 31, 2009
The Nation's editor and publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, joins a panel discussion on the media's coverage of healthcare and the Gates arrest.
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July 30, 2009
Pollitt's new book explores many themes including poetry and politics, poetry and motherhood, and why poetry matters, even if people think it doesn't.
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July 29, 2009
Does healthcare reform stand a chance against the conservatives' antitax fantasies? Rep. Maxine Waters, Columbia Business School Professor Eric Schoenberg and others weigh in.
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July 22, 2009
The SEIU's Stephen Lerner, Former BoA employee Chris Feener, and Max Fraad Wolff on the bank's unsavory practices.
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July 17, 2009
The Nation's Richard Kim and others discuss the admittedly provocative antics of Sacha Baron Cohen's latest creation.
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July 15, 2009
Matt Taibb and others discuss Goldman Sachs's record profits and how backroom deals and taxpayer dollars were used to resuscitate the banking industry.
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July 8, 2009
Healthcare as we know it is a serious burden on the national economy. Is Congress willing to make the necessary changes to overhaul the system?
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July 6, 2009
Nation contributing writer Bob Moser discusses the new 60-vote Democratic majority featuring Minnesota's finally seated Al Franken.
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July 1, 2009
Stephen Cohen, a professor of Russian History at New York University weighs in on the future of US-Russian relations.
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July 1, 2009
Is there still hope for serious immigration reform under President Obama? Roberto Lovato, Mallika Dutt and others on where the movement stands.
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July 1, 2009
The Nation's Richard Kim participates in a panel discussion on the role of LGBT politics within the progressive movement.
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June 17, 2009
What role can the federal government play in diminishing hate crimes and attacks on immigrants?
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June 10, 2009
President Obama's driving an engine for healthcare reform--what can we do to insure the destination will guarantee quality healthcare for all?
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June 3, 2009
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse, UAW veteran Al Benchich and others on the dismantling of GM.
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June 2, 2009
A look at the media's response to Dr. George Tiller's murder and what pro-choice organizations need to do moving forward.
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June 1, 2009
Why are so many people so scared? Maybe it's because of our rulers' enormous 'fear machine.' So says Eduardo Galeano, in this rare interview.
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May 27, 2009
The Nation's Richard Kim joins a panel discussion on the impact of Prop 8 in California being upheld and more.
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May 20, 2009
The question of torture has been drowned out by the Washington media-driven drama of what Nancy Pelosi knew and when.
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May 19, 2009
Namoi Klein and Avi Lewis talk about how direct action worker campaigns have fared here in the United States and around the world.
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May 13, 2009
Francoise Jacobson, Elly Spicer, Wendy Webb and Denise Doyle on the gender gap, women trade workers and the recession.
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May 12, 2009
The foreclosure crisis is far from being resolved. Wright says that banks are still pursuing even those who have already given up their homes.
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May 6, 2009
There's been plenty of coverage of the economic crisis over the last eight months. But are we missing the real story?
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April 29, 2009
New Yorker editor and staff writer Hendrik Hertzberg, novelist Walter Mosley, Faye Wattleton and Miles Rappaport on Obama's first 100 days and the next 900.
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April 15, 2009
The Nation's Eyal Press and others on the fate of nonprofits in a world of falling profits.
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April 13, 2009
The Nation's Richard Kim joins several other journalists in a discussion of the politics of gender, sexual identity and power
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April 8, 2009
While the Obamas were in Europe the House and Senate approved the president's $3 trillion budget. But the battle isn't over. What will be cut and what will remain?
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April 7, 2009
Unified in their opposition to the war in Iraq, liberal and antiwar groups are finding little common ground when it comes to Obama's escalation in Afghanistan.
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April 1, 2009
Dean Baker, Ann Lee and Greg Denier on the G-20 Summit, the labor movement, and the possibility of a new economic order.
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March 30, 2009
Robert Johnson, former Chief Economist of the Senate Banking Committee, on why the Obama economic recovery plan is misguided.
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March 27, 2009
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, Robert George of the New York Post and Danny Schechter the news dissector look at the reporting of the past week.
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March 25, 2009
Matt Taibbi, Jane Hamsher and Robert Johnson discuss what can be done to take that power back from the financial institutions that have wrecked the economy and our democracy.
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March 25, 2009
According to Chris Hedges, if Obama continues to listen to Geithner, Summers et al.--his presidency may be doomed.
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March 24, 2009
The Nation's John Nichols and other established journalists discuss the future of publishing and print journalism.
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March 19, 2009
The Iraq war wasn't one of the US media's finer moments. But six years on, have they improved?
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March 18, 2009
Chris Kromm, Gene Carroll and others discuss what is driving the real fear of the Employee Free Choice Act.
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March 17, 2009
Three experts discuss the racial and historical dimensions of the income gap in the United States.
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March 17, 2009
Has the threat of terrorism been exploited to crack down on civil liberties? And do anti-terror laws make us safe?
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March 12, 2009
Fox's coverage of EFCA. Cramer v. Stewart. The Nation's Ari Melber, Isabel McDonald and others discuss the news coverage of the past week.
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March 11, 2009
The neo-liberal order has failed. But what will replace it? David Harvey and The Nation's Alexander Cockburn on the end (or future) of capitalism?
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March 10, 2009
Can we transform the economy without addressing racial disparities in the United States?
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March 10, 2009
Staceyann Chin, Linda Martin Alcoff and Jennifer Baumgardner discuss the politics of feminism today.
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March 5, 2009
Is their really an ideological divide in the GOP? Our media roundtable looks at the best and worst reporting of the past week with Arun Gupta, Gloria Feldt and others.
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March 4, 2009
A year from now, will America have affordable healthcare? Monica Sanchez, Adam Thompson, and Dr. Walter Tsou on Obama's healthcare reform plan.
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March 2, 2009
Is the economic crisis in Europe any different from our own? Newsweek's Rana Foroohar, former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister Tony Benn plus others discuss the protests in Europe.
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February 26, 2009
Three journalists on the front lines talk about combat reporting in Iraq and Lebanon. What's the real story?
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February 25, 2009
Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Lieutenant Col. David Vandeveld, a former prosecutor at Gitmo and others discuss whether our criminal courts can handle terror suspects.
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February 24, 2009
This week in Baltimore, the first protester in a civil disobedience campaign to resist foreclosure was arrested. Is there more to come?
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February 23, 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder recently said we remain 'a nation of cowards' on race. Is he right? Manning Marable, JLove Calderon and others weigh in.
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February 19, 2009
Is the media out of touch? We talk about the good, the bad, the ugly--and The Nation's Leslie Savan on the Oscars.
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February 18, 2009
Will Obama's $75 billion homeowner bailout plan work? Fair housing activists Sarah Ludwig, Paul Leonard and others discuss the foreclosure crisis.
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February 17, 2009
Hampshire College made headlines after announcing that it would divest from companies that do business with Israel. Do their actions indicate the beginning of a larger campaign?
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February 16, 2009
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is willing to engage in direct talks with President Obama. How will this effect US policy in the region?
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February 12, 2009
Is the watered-down stimulus bill a signal of a more ambitious agenda for Obama or a harbinger of reduced expectations?
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February 11, 2009
As the nation struggles to save and create jobs, how do we make sure workers aren't robbed? Plus: the battle to confirm Hilda Solis.
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February 10, 2009
Even as congress denies billions in assistance to states, there is little if any talk of cutting US defense spending. Who's profiting and what is their interest in maintaining a wartime economy?
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February 5, 2009
Has the Obama administration's attempt to 'reach the public without having to rely on the mainstream media' worked? Hendrik Hertzberg and other journalists weigh in.
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February 4, 2009
Patrick Cockburn, David Enders and Bassam Haddad discuss the recent elections in Iraq and the withdrawal of American troops.
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February 3, 2009
Economists Dean Baker and Teresa Ghilarducci, the New York Times's Louis Uchitelle and others discuss the economic recovery plan.
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February 2, 2009
What separates Bernie Madoff from the titans of Wall Street? For one thing, he doesn't have the backing of Uncle Sam.
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January 29, 2009
We may have a new government in Washington, but the press corps hasn't changed. Are the media asking the right questions?
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January 28, 2009
If Israel in Gaza and the United States, through its use of torture in Iraq, have committed war crimes, what can be done?
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January 27, 2009
Oil prices have come down steadily but the global food crisis continues to worsen. What's driving the crisis at home and abroad?
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January 26, 2009
The Bush era is coming to an end. But is it a new era of progressive government? The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel and others discuss the possibilities.
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January 23, 2009
Nation contributor A.C. Thompson discusses vigilante violence in New Orleans in the days after the Hurricane Katrina.
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