Our Lincoln
Eric Foner: As a politician, Lincoln's greatness lay in his capacity for growth. Can Barack Obama, who claims him as a mentor, follow suit?
Eric Foner: As a politician, Lincoln's greatness lay in his capacity for growth. Can Barack Obama, who claims him as a mentor, follow suit?
The Nation Guide to the Nation is all about living liberally in America. Take a peek.
10:53 ETAnthony Grafton: A new book explores the longstanding scholarly debate over a secret and libertine Gospel of Mark.

The Editors : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Without concerted action by Obama resolve the crisis in Gaza, hope for a two-state settlement will fade and the region will be cursed with many more years of bloodshed.

Esther Kaplan : Labor Organizing & Activism
The business lobby declares war on the Employee Free Choice Act.
Naomi Klein : Israel
To end the bloody occupation, Israel must be the target of the same kind of global movement that finally ended apartheid in South Africa.
Ari Berman
Obama and Kaine signal they'll continue the fifty-state strategy, but why wasn't Dean in the building?

John Nichols : Senate
There is no one Republicans are more determined to keep out of the Senate than Al Franken. Republicans are poised to use the power of the filibuster to thwart him--and the Democratic agenda.
Katha Pollitt
What Caroline Kennedy lacks as an appointee to the Senate, Tom Geoghegan possesses as a Congressional candidate.
Nicholas von Hoffman
Nobody can say for sure whether pumping large amounts of money into the economy will work--or can even define the proper measure of success.

Tony Badger : History
Like his Depression-era counterpart, Obama must take bold action, seize opportunity and experiment.
Dave Zirin : Sports
A sports arena and a basketball team recently have become the unlikely setting and target of protests against Israel's attacks on Gaza.
Robert Scheer : Israel
Why are we--in the media, politics and intelligentsia--so indifferent to the death and destruction in the latest phase of this interminable conflict?

Neve Gordon : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
The masters of Israel's war on Gaza have fashioned a bizarre moral code that provides humanitarian assistance to the very civilians they are shooting at.
Roane Carey : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Israel won't get a better deal than the Arab Peace Initiative. The alternative is nothing less than more warfare and, ultimately, the end of Zionism.
Akiva Eldar : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Israel must decide, once and for all, which path it will take: reach a courageous resolution to the conflict, or prolong it indefinitely.

A.C. Thompson : Law & Justice
White vigilante justice tore through New Orleans after the storm. But no official investigation has shed light on the violence.

Correcting the Record on Pete Stark and Healthcare | Congressman Pete Stark does not favor single payer
Christopher Hayes
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Impeachment Made Easy: The Illinois Model | Blagojevich is impeached by a legislative chamber that recognizes its constitutional duty.
John Nichols
Posted at 1:49 PM ET
Senator Kennedy Approves | Liberal lion enthusiastically welcomes Solis at smooth confirmation hearing, as unions cheer process on.
John Nichols
Posted at 12:31 ET
Bush Does A 180 on Gaza | But where are the Democrats? Where is the Center for American Progress? Hello? CAP? Mr. Podesta??
Robert Dreyfuss
Posted at 11:15 ET
Slacker Friday | While Harry Reid continues to audition for his next job as a throw-rug in the Minority Leader's office, it's important to remember that the GOP is still a clown car.
Eric Alterman
Posted at 10:44 ET
Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right | If he doesn't, the US will be stuck in another military catastrophe.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Allow Media into Gaza | Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
Peter Rothberg
Hard Times Without Studs | One of Terkel’s former book editors considers a Studs-less world.
Tom Engelhardt
Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again | The Weathermen were not just a bunch of idealistic young people.
Katha Pollitt
Calvin Trillin
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Don't let the door hit you...

January 9, 2009
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Anthony Grafton : A new book explores the longstanding scholarly debate over a secret and libertine Gospel of Mark.
Britt Peterson : How powerful museums and private collectors act as stewards and looters of the world's cultural treasures.

Richard Byrne : A Folger Library exhibit examines Renaissance journalism and the birth of newspapers.

Kim Phillips-Fein : A biography of Robert Clifton Weaver traces the life and times of an often misunderstood urban reformer.
Charles Taylor : Margaret Thatcher is never named in Derek Raymond's Factory novels, but her shadow falls over them.

Christine Smallwood
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A newsman who witnessed the carnage at Jonestown talks about the People's Temple, the power of images and the state of news.
Will Heinrich : The hottest titles exorcise ghosts from our political past.

Barry Schwabsky : Democratic Camera: William Eggleston's grand and gorgeous retrospective at the Whitney Museum.
Joshua Clover : Michèle Bernstein's Situationist novel explores a Paris hovering between Old World and New Wave.

