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Workers to Nike: Just Don’t Do It! Workers to Nike: Just Don’t Do It!

Back in the 1990s, the BJ&B hat factory, in the Dominican Republic, represented one of campus anti-sweatshop activism's biggest triumphs. (Back in the day, I did a lot of reportin...

Mar 12, 2007 / The Nation

Bush Approval Rating Drops Below Zero Bush Approval Rating Drops Below Zero

Polling experts say that Bush's numbers are at an all-time low, and that only certain toxic molds have come close to those numbers in the past.

Mar 12, 2007 / Eric Kenning

Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad

The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.

Mar 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

The Things They Carried The Things They Carried

Reviews of The Host, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and The Namesake.

Mar 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Putting Science in the Dock Putting Science in the Dock

Judges' ability to discriminate against expert witnesses has ended up empowering large corporations.

Mar 12, 2007 / Feature / Barry Yeoman

Judge Not? Judge Not?

The case of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl whose parents subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries raises troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy.

Mar 12, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Bush Amigo’s Para Pals Bush Amigo’s Para Pals

Revelations of Colombian government collusion with paramilitary thugs ought to put the damper on President Bush's Latin American tour.

Mar 12, 2007 / Liliana Segura

Will Dems Channel Rove to Sell Iraq Withdrawal? Will Dems Channel Rove to Sell Iraq Withdrawal?

Democrats in Congress have finally settled on a binding timeline to withdraw troops from Iraq by late 2008, which President Bush threatened to veto. This weekend Speaker Pelosi re...

Mar 12, 2007 / The Nation

The New Rumsfeld The New Rumsfeld

Alberto Gonzales is the new Donald Rumsfeld. Up until President Bush replaced his defense secretary a day after the midterm elections, Rummy was synonymous with the arrogance, se...

Mar 12, 2007 / The Nation

How Our Soldiers Became Hostages How Our Soldiers Became Hostages

You would have to start any brief "support our troops" history with the dismal end of the Vietnam War and a consensus that the antiwar movement had been particularly self-destruct...

Mar 12, 2007 / The Nation

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