United in Support of Iranian Women United in Support of Iranian Women
As the crisis between Iran and Britain enters its second week, and confrontational rhetoric fills our newspapers and airwaves, it is worth reading a statement published just a few...
Apr 2, 2007 / The Nation
That Was an Antiwar Vote? That Was an Antiwar Vote?
The House Democratic leadership chooses merely to appear to oppose the war, while continuing to fund it.
Apr 2, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Wider Corruption A Wider Corruption
The US Attorneys scandal sheds light on a broader pattern of transforming government agencies into a permanent GOP patronage machine.
Apr 2, 2007 / The Editors
(Genuine) Conservatives Say: Gonzales Must Go (Genuine) Conservatives Say: Gonzales Must Go
Memo to Fox Fanatics and All Other Defenders of Alberto Gonzales: Your Partisanship is Showing. Fox News and its talk radio echoes, led by Rush Limbaugh, are among the staunchest...
Apr 2, 2007 / John Nichols
“Kerry Was Right” “Kerry Was Right”
You know things aren't going well for the Bush Administration when a former top advisor to the President drafts an op-ed entitled "Kerry Was Right." Matthew Dowd (no relation to ...
Apr 2, 2007 / The Nation
The CIA’s Italian Job The CIA’s Italian Job
The story of Hassan Nasr, a victim of "extraordinary rendition" who was interrogated and tortured in Egypt for four years, is finally being told.
Mar 30, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
As California Goes… As California Goes…
What can the nation learn from the Golden State's struggles to deal with its immigrant population?
Mar 30, 2007 / Feature / Peter Schrag
Body Language Body Language
A new "ethnic correctness" is taking hold among minorities that might reverse a rising trend among Asians and others to undergo plastic surgery to look more westernized.
Mar 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Lam
Open Letter to Ronald McDonald Open Letter to Ronald McDonald
Opinion: Young activists and immigrant farmworkers succeeded in stopping Taco Bell's abusive treatment of their workers. McDonald's is up next, warns a young organizer.
Mar 30, 2007 / The Nation
Unhappy Meals Unhappy Meals
Immigrant farmworkers battle for workers' rights, escalate their campaign against McDonald's.
Mar 30, 2007 / The Nation