Home From the Wars–and Homeless Home From the Wars–and Homeless
Homeless Veterans In the Washington Post today, following on the Post's extraordinary series about Walter Reed Army Medical Center, reporter Christian Davenport takes an importan...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Nation
Subprime Mortgage Blues Subprime Mortgage Blues
As the housing market flattens, the poor pay the price for the greed and stupidity of the real estate and banking bigwigs.
Mar 5, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The One in Four War The One in Four War
General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, is widely viewed as the architect behind a "surge" of 21,500 troops. But even Petraeus believes that the Bush Administration'...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Nation
Human Rights, Democracy, the US, and Syria Human Rights, Democracy, the US, and Syria
I spent a few days in Damascus at the end of February, and was able to get a ground reality view of the effects of the Bush administration's (former) campaign for the forced 'demo...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Nation
Cluster Bombs and New Nukes Cluster Bombs and New Nukes
Good news from Belgium. After forty-six nations--including Britain, Canada, and Germany--met in Oslo in February and agreed to work towards a global ban on cluster bombs over the ...
Mar 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Faggot Feud Faggot Feud
So Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot." All this proves is that the woman's gaydar is seriously on the fritz. Last year she diagnosed Bill Clinton as a "latent homosexual" ...
Mar 3, 2007 / The Nation
Fighting for the Right to Organize Fighting for the Right to Organize
Working people scored at least a temporary victory Thursday when the House voted for legislation that would make it easier for workers to form unions. (Thanks to all Nation reader...
Mar 2, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Libby Trial: More Waiting, More Jury Notes Libby Trial: More Waiting, More Jury Notes
The jurors in the obstruction of justice trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby left early on Friday. But they do appear still to be diligently working through t...
Mar 2, 2007 / David Corn
Black Snake Groan Black Snake Groan
I saw Hustle and Flow, and while I liked, even admired, parts of the film, I could never get over the fact that the movie seemed to simply refuse to interrogate or grapple with it...
Mar 2, 2007 / The Nation
Will Blood Run in the Gutters (of the Iraq Memoirs)? Will Blood Run in the Gutters (of the Iraq Memoirs)?
In recent days, we've have two reports on timing, when it comes to the future of the President's "surge" plan for Baghdad. According to Richard A. Oppel of the New York Times, "T...
Mar 2, 2007 / The Nation