Hillary’s Stalking Horse Leaves the Field Hillary’s Stalking Horse Leaves the Field
Having served his none-too-subtle role in the grand scheme of the 2OO8 presidential competition -- keeping as many Iowa Democrats as possible "locked up" until New York Senator Hi...
Feb 23, 2007 / John Nichols
PJ O’Rourke Does Adam Smith PJ O’Rourke Does Adam Smith
Yesterday I was invited to attend a fundraiser for the CATO Institute with special guest PJ O'Rourke who is on a book tour for his new book, which is a pretty ingenious idea. He b...
Feb 23, 2007 / The Nation
Abolitionists Then and Now Abolitionists Then and Now
A new film called Amazing Grace, opening today, marks the bicentennial of the end of slavery in Britain, portraying the British abolitionist movement as led by activist and Membe...
Feb 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mainstream Media Discover Antiwar GIs Mainstream Media Discover Antiwar GIs
A story The Nation broke eight weeks ago about the growing movement of active-duty military dissenters against the war will get a nationwide television audience Sunday on CBS News...
Feb 23, 2007 / The Nation
Getting Conyers His Conscience Back Getting Conyers His Conscience Back
Ouch. It hurts to listen to. This was Representative John Conyers,speaking to a troops-out demonstration this past January in WashingtonDC: "George Bush has a habit of firing mil...
Feb 23, 2007 / The Nation
Justice Perverted Justice Perverted
Unless the Supreme Court or Congress intervenes, an appeals court ruling this week on Guantánamo detainees opens the door to a global detention system where people can be mo...
Feb 22, 2007 / Feature / Jonathan Hafetz
In Russia’s Blogosphere, Anything Goes In Russia’s Blogosphere, Anything Goes
Russian blogs are flourishing as alternative media and launchpads for an emerging civil society, but corruption and government manipulation are flourishing as well.
Feb 22, 2007 / Feature / Anna G. Arutunyan
What Really Matters What Really Matters
Candidates and the media should focus on the real issues facing this country: ending the war and bringing our troops home.
Feb 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fox Attacks Fox Attacks
Guerrilla documentarian Robert Greenwald and his Brave New Films team have been in the forefront of pioneering innovative ways to fund, produce and distribute progressive and time...
Feb 22, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
L’Étranger L’Étranger
The media have fashioned an impossible portrait of Barack Obama: an American cleansed of the baggage of racism and slavery.
Feb 22, 2007 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams