Grist.org's Dave Roberts explains why Obama's endorsement of offshore drilling may not pan out the way he hopes.

Good news from the administration on auto emissions and mountaintop removal mining; bad news on offshore drilling.

Nation editor Christopher Hayes discusses how the top twenty-five hedge fund managers made $25 billion last year and what financial reform can do to correct this inequality.

Christopher Hayes discusses the political strategy behind Obama's recent endorsement of offshore drilling.

A stable government and an end to insurgency are possible--but only if the US withdraws.

The healthcare reform debate exposed the weakness of the prochoice movement. What now?

Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel discusses the political aftermath of the Moscow suicide bombings.

The nuclear dilemma in the Obama era.

How to support quality reporting in a digital age.

Is the world's future resource map tilting East?

Plaudits for Nation writers; growing interest in instant runoff voting; xenophobia in Greece

If banks aren't fighting the financial regulatory bill tooth and nail, then you know the reform isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Obama has been slow to block the rightward charge of the federal judiciary, but he's begun to show signs of spunk.

The Catholic Church's moral authority in the secular world is the most detestable aspect of the current scandal.

As laws and DEA enforcement strategies change, so, too, do the fortunes of Northern California's Humboldt County.

Raul Hilberg, the first historian to document the banality of Nazi evil, nursed a lifelong grudge against the woman who borrowed from and popularized his work, Hannah Arendt.

The superficial sincerity of Noah Baumbach's Greenberg is not to be trusted.

What caused this healthcare fit?