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Harry Reid Promises Republicans He'll Never Call Their Bluff

Ari Melber | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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Ari Melber

After watching this absurdity playing out in the stimulus debate, people are calling on Sen. Reid to make the Republicans follow through and actually filibuster legislation and show this spectacle to the public.

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Afghanistan: Afghan Views and the Race Against Time

Brandon Friedman | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Taliban, Afghanistan, The Nation, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Pakistan, World News
Brandon Friedman

Without a doubt, we're currently on a trajectory to lose the war in Afghanistan. People are joining the Taliban in certain areas because we can't protect them -- not because they dislike us.

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This Week in Magazines: Vick's Dogs, Katrina's Race War, and Tight Abs for the New Year

James Warren | Posted 01.28.2009 | Media

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James Warren

Michael Vick, a scummy pro football quarterback, has improbably inspired an uplifting New Year's odyssey, according to this week's Sports Illustrated.

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Shearer's Strange Broadside

Ben Wyskida | Posted 01.25.2009 | Media

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Ben Wyskida

Harry Shearer's main criticism of The Nation's investigation into Katrina's hidden race war is that it wasn't something else. He attacked us for writing an expose about race, violence and police brutality in New Orleans and not on his preferred subject.

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My Virtual Gift List for This Holiday Season

Mitchell Bard | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

Now that you can give crap to people without actually having to give them anything in reality, here is my virtual gift list for this holiday season.

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A Transformational Presidency?

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

With the country at an ideological watershed, Obama has a historic opportunity to reshape the ruling paradigm of American politics.

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Vote for Him -- Because He's Black

Greg Palast | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Greg Palast

I'm going to say something that I know the Obama campaign will just hate; but that many others are feeling but won't say out loud. We must vote for Barack Obama because he's Black.

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No Counting Chickens Yet

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Election Results, Edwin Fancher, Race, Assumptions, Liberals, Victor Navasky, Barack Obama, The Nation, Village Voice, New York, The Rachel Maddow Show, Count Your Chickens Before Hatched, Ed Koch, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama New York, Al Gore, Liberal New York, Home News
Odile Weissenborn

I met up recently with Ed Fancher, who published the Village Voice for 20. The Voice was very progressive during his tenure, so I assumed Fancher was another typical New Yorker for Obama. Think again.

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McCain's Kitchen Sink Strategy
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

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The Media Consortium

With less than three weeks to go in the run-up to the presidential election, the McCain campaign, with help from the Republican National Committee, co...

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McCain Undone By Affect And Temperament
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

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The Media Consortium

Special Debate Edition In the much-anticipated final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign season, the man who landed the greatest number of punch...

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McCain Fails to Vanquish "That One" in Debate
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

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The Media Consortium

McCain not only pointed his finger angrily at his opponent, but chose to refer to a black man in a way that omitted any reference to his humanity. Even if that was not his intention, it was not a particularly deft move.

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An Article You Must Read About John McCain

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sydney Schanberg, John McCain, Political Lies, Viet Nam War, Pows, Mias, The Nation, The Nation POW Story, The Nation John Mccain, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Sydney Schanberg has unearthed a lie of major proportions if indeed McCain did not do all he could do to locate those still missing after his return from Vietnam.

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The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

ZP Heller | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment

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ZP Heller

The St. Paul police should have known better than to try to stop Tom Morello. The Rage guitarist leads a growing number of musicians who have adopted an explicit antiwar, anti-Bush message.

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Obama's Clinton Bounce in Denver

Ari Melber | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

Hillary's convention speech definitely fell short on detailing a personal case for Obama as the right person for the job. That's the core issue for the remaining voters.

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The Tyra Factor ( Or The Five People More Damaging To Obama Than McCain Is)

Natasha Vargas-Cooper | Posted 09.06.2008 | Home

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Natasha Vargas-Cooper

Unless there's some terrorist attack or legions of the undead rise from their graves, I seriously doubt McCain is going to win the election -- unless, that is, these wackos don't keep their mouths shut!

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An Open Letter to The Nation's Open Letter to Barack Obama

Marissa Moss | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

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Marissa Moss

As much as Obama cannot and should not abandon his goals, neither can we. We want change we can believe in, but we also want change that can happen.

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Helping Put Rove in Contempt

ZP Heller | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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ZP Heller

Linda Sanchez (D-CA) has been a true leader in the fight to hold Rove in contempt. "I think it's ridiculous that Karl Rove thinks that he doesn't have to follow the law," Sanchez told me.

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An Open Letter to Barack Obama

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Katrina vanden Heuvel

Many progressive supporters of Obama are urging him in a new open letter to stand firm on the principles he so compellingly articulated in his successful primary fight.

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The Nation Adds A Sex Column

MarketWatch | Jon Friedman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media

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Journalists love to be surprised. We live to find story angles that reek of contradictions. Every once in a while, we're lucky enough to come across s...

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Clinton and Obama Silence On Winter Soldier Divides Progressives

Christine Escobar | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

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Christine Escobar

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have yet to acknowledge the Iraq withdrawal plan crafted by members of their own party, and it appears there is little pressure from the press to question them on it.

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