What's the Matter With Rick Warren?
Sarah Posner : Religion
Obama's choice to give the invocation at his inauguration is a slap at progressives and a bow to the religious right.
Sarah Posner : Religion
Obama's choice to give the invocation at his inauguration is a slap at progressives and a bow to the religious right.
Christopher Hayes : Philosophy
We get it. He's pragmatic. But what does that mean--politically and philosophically?
Benjamin Todd Jealous : Race, Ethnicity & Religion
Barack Obama's electoral victory is momentous but ethereal. Progress is eroded when not pushed forward--and there is still much yet to be done.
Radio Nation : Vietnam War
Nick Turse on a scandal that killed 11,000. Plus: Bob Dreyfuss, Patricia Williams and Frances Fox Piven on the nascent Obama policy agenda.
CBS : Geneva Convention
President-elect Obama speaks with 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft about the need to restore America's moral standing in the world.
Tariq Ali : Afghanistan
Given a severe global economic crisis and the election of Barack Obama, the possibility of a serious discussion about a US exit strategy from the Afghan disaster hovers on the horizon.
Mark Hertsgaard : Presidential Election 2008
The story of the plumber who helped deliver Indiana to Obama.
Robert Scheer : Russia
How can a President Obama improve US relations with Russia if some of his closest advisors are unrepentant hawks from the cold war era?
Democracy Now : Executive
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel on the first 100 days of Obama's presidency and the future of US-Russia relations.
Mark Ames : U.S. Economy
In light of all of the corruption and cronyism that have marked the career of Lawrence Summers, why is Obama considering him for treasury secretary?
Michael T. Klare : Energy
Of all the challenges Barack Obama faces, none is more daunting, or more important to our collective future, as energy.
Radio Nation : Presidential Election 2008
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for real progressive change.
Dave Zirin : Sports
All the Denver Broncos wideout wanted to do was celebrate Obama's victory--but his teammates censored him and the media ridiculed him. Why?
TruthDig : U.S. Economy
Robert Scheer explains why Lawrence Summers would be a bad choice as Treasury Secretary for President-Elect Obama.
ITN News
Obama's 86-year old grandmother and other members of her community dance and cheer, 'We're going to the White House.'
Alexander Cockburn : Presidential Election 2008
Obama will face a bruising engagement with reality in the months ahead.
The Editors
Celebrating a new president's promise to respect, empower and include all Americans.
Brett Story & VideoNation : Presidential Election 2008
A look inside The Nation's election night party and a glimpse at Obama victory celebrations in Brooklyn.
Katrina vanden Heuvel : US Foreign Policy
A fantasy lineup of progressive advisors to help the next president end war, repair alliances and rebuild the economy.
YouTube : Presidential Election 2008
Barack Obama delivers his victory speech after being elected the forty-fourth president of the United States.
Karen Rothmyer : Kenya
A nation riven by differences marvels at his message of civility and inclusion. Yet there is some worry about an Obama administration's policies on Africa.
Jordan Stancil : France
People here are looking in wonderment at the culture that produced Obama and at the people who put him in the White House. In short, they're looking at us.
D.D. Guttenplan & Maria Margaronis : Europe
When the votes were finally counted, Europe's wish to usher George W. Bush into the dustbin of history made for widespread jubilation.
MSNBC
Barack Obama tells Rachel Maddow why he hasn't attacked the Republican party more and how he intends to govern a working majority.