Did She Help Him?
Ari Melber: Hillary Clinton may give Barack Obama a bounce in the polls, but her speech still had one big hole.
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Feature
Making History
Victor Navasky : History
Outside the arena, progressives are saying this is a moment of transformational politics. Is the party leadership, observing a different historical moment, listening?
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Taking On Poverty and Inequality
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Unless (and until) we tackle the gap between the very rich and the rest of America--it will be increasingly difficult to confront the major challenges of our time.
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Media Gone Mad
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
The national news narrative from Denver is completely nuts: consider the unsourced myth of the Clinton-Obama feud.
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Have Pantsuit, Will Travel
Patricia J. Williams : Feminism & Women
Hillary's signature attire is one phase in women's power-dressing; Michelle's sheath is another. But the shoes women wear on the path to power--that's another story.
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The Right Speech -- For Clinton and Obama
John Nichols
Hillary succeeded in backing Barack while making herself an even more essential player in the party.
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Blind Punditry in Denver
Eric Alterman
Why does the media establishment remain blind to McCain's extremism and political expediency?
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From King to Obama
Steve Cobble : Civil Rights Movement
Barack Obama stands on the shoulders of many as he becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. One set of those shoulders belongs to Jesse Jackson.
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Famous in Japan
Richard Kim
A chance encounter with a Japanese journalist and Nation fan makes my day at the DNC.
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1968: The Bitter Legacy of LBJ
Carey McWilliams : Nation History
It was a rigged convention, and the Chicago police were spoiling for a fight.
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Victor Navasky Looks Back
VideoNation & Brett Story : Convention 08
The Nation's Publisher Emeritus reflects on every convention since 1956--and ahead to Obama's historic moment.
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Schooled by the Storm
Elizabeth Giegerich : Higher Education
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University thrives, due in part to its revamped commitment to community.
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Raging Inflation
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
Our paychecks are disintegrating as we drive them to the bank. Forget hope and change: why aren't the candidates talking about inflation?
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1968: The Hilton Hotel Incident
While the whole world was watching, this is what Chicago's finest did.
» ActNow!
Leave No Soldier Behind | Can we talk about Iraq now?
Peter Rothberg
» Campaign 08
Obama's Clinton Bounce in Denver | Hillary may give Barack a bounce, but her speech still had one big hole.
Ari Melber
» Capitolism
Remember Katrina? | The storm-sized hole at the DNC
Christopher Hayes
» Editor's Cut
Taking On Poverty and Inequality | Unless (and until) we tackle the gap between the very rich and the rest of America--it will be increasingly difficult to confront the major challenges of our time.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
» The Dreyfuss Report
US Massacres Afghan Kids | So much for Obama's "right war."
Robert Dreyfuss
» The Notion
Famous in Japan | A chance encounter with a Japanese journalist and Nation fan makes my day at the DNC.
Richard Kim
» The Beat
The Right Speech -- For Clinton and Obama | Hillary succeeded in backing Barack while making herself an even more essential player in the party.
John Nichols
» And Another Thing
In Search of the Elusive PUMAs | Were they McCain supporters all along?
Katha Pollitt
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