The Clean Elections Challenge The Clean Elections Challenge
My recent Nation article on Senator Max Baucus, "K Street's Favorite Democrat," has been a topic of discussion back in Montana, where Baucus is up for re-election in 2008. Last n...
Mar 8, 2007 / The Nation
A Wasted War A Wasted War
Let's start with the obvious waste. We know that hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have lost their lives since the Bush administration invaded their country in March 2003, that alm...
Mar 8, 2007 / The Nation
Left Forum 2007 Left Forum 2007
One of the country's premiere progressive events, this weekend's Left Forum brings together activists and intellectuals from across the globe to share ideas for understanding and ...
Mar 8, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Time for Celebration and Protest Time for Celebration and Protest
A few nights ago, after putting the baby to bed, I watched The L-Word, then lay on the sofa and read Jennifer Baumgardner's excellent new book, Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, ...
Mar 7, 2007 / The Nation
Hold Dick Cheney to Account Hold Dick Cheney to Account
The conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff on charges of obstruction of justice, perjury and lying to the FBI confirms the suspicions that millions of Am...
Mar 7, 2007 / The Nation
Justice and Peace in Darfur Justice and Peace in Darfur
The International Criminal Court has taken a crucial step in naming two perpetrators of the violence in Darfur. But for survivors and victims of the ongoing catastrophe, much more ...
Mar 7, 2007 / Feature / Salih Mahmoud Osman
Investigating Attorneygate Investigating Attorneygate
The Nation's Washington intern, Stephanie Condon, reports on yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the dismissal of eight US attorneys by the Bush Administation: Sena...
Mar 7, 2007 / The Nation
Edwards Gets a Boost Edwards Gets a Boost
Thank you, Ann Coulter, for reviving the principled but media-neglected presidential candidacy of John Edwards.
Mar 7, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Vermont Votes to Impeach Bush/Cheney Vermont Votes to Impeach Bush/Cheney
When Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, a Republican with reasonably close ties to President Bush, asked if there was any additional business to be considered at the town meeting he wa...
Mar 7, 2007 / John Nichols
Libby Trial: CIA Leak Case Ends with Guilty Verdict Libby Trial: CIA Leak Case Ends with Guilty Verdict
Several minutes after noon on Tuesday, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby sat in a crowded Washington court room and somberly watched as the forewoman of the jury in ...
Mar 6, 2007 / David Corn