Paradoxes of the US-Iranian Dance Paradoxes of the US-Iranian Dance
One week ago today we were sitting in the lobby of our hotel in Amman,Jordan, talking with the very smart and well-informed Middle Eastanalyst Joost Hiltermann about the interacti...
Mar 9, 2007 / The Nation
Waxman Sets Hearings on CIA Leak Case Waxman Sets Hearings on CIA Leak Case
Vice President Dick Cheney may have avoided serious law enforcement scrutiny in regard to his office's efforts to discredit and harm the man who exposed the administration's manip...
Mar 9, 2007 / The Nation
For Women in Iraq, a Sad Day For Women in Iraq, a Sad Day
It's Women's Day in Iraq, again, but not the bread-and-roses kind of day women want. The fact is, since the US invasion, every day has been a sick-and-twisted kind of women's day ...
Mar 8, 2007 / The Nation
Legislation Watch Legislation Watch
Earlier this year, as the new Democratic Congress gathered, I highlighted 10 pieces of legislation that I believe deserve to be passed – they would certainly help put our nation...
Mar 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Walter Reed Scandal: How Mainstream Media Let Us Down Walter Reed Scandal: How Mainstream Media Let Us Down
Cutbacks and a penchant for profits and happy news hid the plight of wounded soldiers.
Mar 8, 2007 / Feature / Celia Viggo Wexler
Dems Aren’t Urgent Enough About Withdrawal Dems Aren’t Urgent Enough About Withdrawal
If we accept scientific estimates of the Iraqi death toll since the U.S. invasion of that country, as detailed in the British medical journal The Lancet, then it is fair to say th...
Mar 8, 2007 / John Nichols
The Spoils of Indian Democracy The Spoils of Indian Democracy
Two new books show how perceptions of India have been shaped and distorted by rhapsodic portrayals of its business elite.
Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb
The Restless Mind The Restless Mind
At the Same Time, Susan Sontag's posthumous collection of essays and speeches, reveals her rapt attention to the world around her.
Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Harding
Who’s Afraid of Gardasil? Who’s Afraid of Gardasil?
A medical breakthrough has provoked opposition from conservatives, consumer advocates and antivaccine groups.
Mar 8, 2007 / Feature / Karen Houppert
Cheney on Trial Cheney on Trial
The Libby trial exposed the truth about who really pulls the strings in the Bush White House.
Mar 8, 2007 / Feature / David Corn