From Havana With Hypocrisy From Havana With Hypocrisy
Most leaders of totalitarian states do not display much humor in public. But Ricardo Alarcon, the president of Cuba's National Assembly, has a flair for sat...
Mar 26, 2007 / David Corn
Markey’s Big Chance Markey’s Big Chance
Two weeks ago, Representative Ed Markey was appointed chair of the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. The committee has no legislative role but it do...
Mar 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Crowdsourcing Elizabeth Edwards Crowdsourcing Elizabeth Edwards
John and Elizabeth Edwards' decision to continue his presidentialbid, despite learning that Ms. Edwards was diagnosed with incurablebut treatable cancer, has sparked impassioned d...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
Lying to Congress Lying to Congress
Note to future Capitol Hill witnesses: it's a crime to lie to Congress, even if you're not under oath. Stephen Griles, the former number two official at the Department of Interio...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
Republicans Detect “Cloud” Over Gonzales Republicans Detect “Cloud” Over Gonzales
What do the following statements about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- the embattled presidential appointee at the center of a growing scandal over the firing of U.S. Attorne...
Mar 26, 2007 / John Nichols
The Haunting Legacy of Slavery The Haunting Legacy of Slavery
Here in London, many people are making a pretty big deal out of the 200th anniversary of an act passed by Parliament in March 1807 that outlawed the involvement of British ships i...
Mar 25, 2007 / The Nation
Writer Threatened By Powerful Fanatics Writer Threatened By Powerful Fanatics
Internationally renowned writer Nawal El Saadawi, an Egyptian feminist activist, is facing harassment and threats from fundamentalist extremists in her country. Her play, "God Res...
Mar 24, 2007 / The Nation
A Principled Dissent A Principled Dissent
Of the handful of House members who cast conscience votes against further funding of the war in Iraq Friday, the most unexpected may well have been New York Democrat Michael McNul...
Mar 23, 2007 / The Nation
The War Against Google The War Against Google
Viacom, NBC and NewsCorp./Fox are waging war against Google in a high-stakes scramble to cash in on the unmined riches of the Internet. At what cost to us?
Mar 23, 2007 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
The GOP’s Lonely Antiwar Wing The GOP’s Lonely Antiwar Wing
We've heard a lot about how Republicans are/were uneasy about the political and policy prospects of George W. Bush's war in Iraq. But when it came time to vote on whether to set a...
Mar 23, 2007 / The Nation