Historic Nomination
John Nichols: A tortured century of US history led to the historic vote Wednesday for Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee.
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Obama's Clinton Bounce in Denver
Ari Melber
Hillary may give Barack a bounce, 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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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....
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Partying With the Political-Industrial Complex
Ari Berman
Partying in Denver will do little to dispel the accusation that political journalists are too cozy with the powerful sources they cover.
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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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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.
» Campaign 08
Not Clinton, Not Biden, Kerry Gave Best Speech | The Obama campaign should borrow Kerry's tough-on-McCain template.
John Nichols
» The Notion
Don't Make Afghanistan the Democrats' War | Obama/Biden Tix --Drop The Mantra That it's "The Good War"
Katrina vanden Heuvel
» The Beat
It Looks a Lot Like Unity | A tortured century of American history--and some tortured contemporary politics-- led to the historic vote Wednesday to name Barack Obama the Democratic presidential candidate.
John Nichols
» ActNow!
Leave No Soldier Behind | Can we talk about Iraq now?
Peter Rothberg
» 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
» And Another Thing
In Search of the Elusive PUMAs | Were they McCain supporters all along?
Katha Pollitt
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This week: The Nation's reporter in Georgia talks for the first time about being assaulted by Ossetian paramilitaries. Plus: Dave Zirin recaps the olympic highs and lows, Barbara Crossette considers the future for Pakistan and John Nichols and historian Adele Oltman preview the Democratic Convention in the context of Dr. Martin Luther King's dream. (13mb mp3)
