Living-Wage Victory in LA Living-Wage Victory in LA
Low-wage workers in hotels near Los Angeles International Airport are the latest to benefit from the city's living-wage law, riding a wave of considerable political momentum.
Feb 5, 2007 / Feature / Peter Dreier
The Case for Microbicides: Arming women in the battle against HIV/AIDS. The Case for Microbicides: Arming women in the battle against HIV/AIDS.
Arming women in the battle against HIV/AIDS.
Feb 5, 2007 / The Nation
Ballot Blocks: A bill in Maine would disenfranchise college students Ballot Blocks: A bill in Maine would disenfranchise college students
A bill in Maine would disenfranchise college students.
Feb 5, 2007 / The Nation
The Care and Feeding of Campus Libertarians The Care and Feeding of Campus Libertarians
Why and how you should work with them.
Feb 5, 2007 / The Nation
Think Globally, Act Globally Think Globally, Act Globally
Some ideas are just so good that once you hear them explained, you wonder, Why hasn't anyone done this already? Avaaz is just such an idea, a new MoveOn-style group that will mobi...
Feb 5, 2007 / The Nation
What’s Wrong With This Picture? What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped, What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top You're on...
Feb 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Budget for Permanent War A Budget for Permanent War
Need proof that George W. Bush is not planning to withdraw US troops from Iraq on his watch? Just look at his latest budget. The Bush Administration will ask Congress for $100 b...
Feb 5, 2007 / The Nation
States to Congress: Block War Escalation States to Congress: Block War Escalation
As the Senate struggles even to open debate on a non-binding – translation: meaningless – resolution expressing frustration with President Bush's plan to surge 21,500 more U.S...
Feb 5, 2007 / John Nichols
Kuwaiti Singer’s Video Satirizes the Bush War Kuwaiti Singer’s Video Satirizes the Bush War
Within the highly wired world of the urban Middle East, the latest and most potent means of political communication are short videos that are disseminated either via YouTube or fr...
Feb 5, 2007 / The Nation
Afghanistan in Headlines Afghanistan in Headlines
Afghanistan remains the forgotten war and yet, in an eerie lockstep with Iraq, it seems to be following a distinctly Bush administration-style path toward "the gates of hell." Wh...
Feb 5, 2007 / The Nation