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The People Know Better The People Know Better

Once again the people are way ahead of the pundits and the political parties – this time, on matters of foreign policy and national security. The latest results from the Confid...

Apr 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

NBC Cans Don Imus NBC Cans Don Imus

I have no problem with NBC's decision to cancel Don Imus' show, and frankly I could care less if CBS follows suit and takes his program off the radio. Any defense of Imus' "First ...

Apr 12, 2007 / The Nation

Antibalas: Social Security Sounds Antibalas: Social Security Sounds

A must-see live band, Brooklyn-based Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas hits the road again to launch their fourth album since 2001, Security, and energize audiences with potent politic...

Apr 11, 2007 / The Nation

Hometown Baghdad: Living in a War Zone Hometown Baghdad: Living in a War Zone

Three Iraqi 20-somethings film their daily lives in a war-torn and religiously divided Baghdad. WireTap hears from the producers.

Apr 11, 2007 / The Nation

Rutgers Team Is an Instrument for Change Rutgers Team Is an Instrument for Change

The fact that the media is astonished that the Rutgers athletes are articulate and smart is a tragedy.

Apr 11, 2007 / Feature / Carol Jenkins

Don Imus and the State of Women’s Sports Don Imus and the State of Women’s Sports

It's been thirty-five years since Title IX was passed, and women athletes are still battling the kind of sexism Imus espouses.

Apr 11, 2007 / Feature / Dave Zirin

Iraqis Finally Unite–Against the U.S. Iraqis Finally Unite–Against the U.S.

According to Lieberman, the sight of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis chanting anti-American slogans at a protest in Najaf is proof that the surge is working.

Apr 11, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

GOP Governor says WSJ Takes Dem Bribes GOP Governor says WSJ Takes Dem Bribes

With all the bizarre behavior in Washington, it is easy to forget about the over-the-top antics of state officials around the country. But, sometimes, a governor outdoes himself. ...

Apr 11, 2007 / The Nation

Chaos in the Greater Middle East Chaos in the Greater Middle East

[ Part 1 of "Six Crises in Search of an Author, How the Bush Administration Destabilized the Arc of Instability"-- "Bush's Absurdist Imperialism" -- appeared yesterday. Here is p...

Apr 11, 2007 / The Nation

Senators Expand Inquiry of Political Prosecutions Senators Expand Inquiry of Political Prosecutions

The question of whether any of the 85 U.S. Attorneys who were not fired by the Bush administration may have engaged in political prosecutions blew open Tuesday, when key members o...

Apr 11, 2007 / John Nichols

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