Slice the Vote Slice the Vote
Voters in three key areas of Virginia won't see Senate challenger Jim Webb's name on the summary page of their electronic ballots. Instead, thanks to a computer glitch, Webb's nam...
Oct 26, 2006 / The Nation
The South Changes Course The South Changes Course
The South is known for its strong support of the military. Perhaps it's that very support that has led to something one might not expect – growing opposition to the war in Ira...
Oct 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NJ Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Unions (updated) NJ Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Unions (updated)
So here are some more thoughts on today's same-sex union decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court. First, while the decision is more expansive and pro-gay than New York's and Wash...
Oct 26, 2006 / The Nation
Baseball in the Ashes Baseball in the Ashes
The last time the Detroit Tigers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, the Motor City was literally aflame. What's evident this time is that the city never rose from t...
Oct 26, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
The T-Shirt Wars The T-Shirt Wars
Demonstrators wearing a controversial T-shirt tested the limits of free expression on the Staten Island Ferry.
Oct 25, 2006 / Feature / Ali Winston
Weldon’s Wild Ride Weldon’s Wild Ride
The wheels are falling off Curt Weldon's electoral wagon, as the wacky Pennsylvania Republican finds himself mired in a criminal investigation.
Oct 25, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
Election Night From Hell Election Night From Hell
As Fox News marks its tenth birthday, recall the fateful night in November 2000 that its election desk broke all the rules reporting the election of George W. Bush. Will Fox do it ...
Oct 25, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David W. Moore
NJ Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Unions NJ Supreme Court Backs Same-Sex Unions
In a 4-3 decision the New Jersey Supreme Court held that "although we cannot find that a fundamental right to same-sex marriage exists in this State, the unequal dispensation of r...
Oct 25, 2006 / The Nation
Bush’s Cynical Numbers Game Bush’s Cynical Numbers Game
For a long time, the President and his top officials remained on the page first bookmarked by Centcom Commander Tommy Franks during the early phases of the Afghan War when he said...
Oct 25, 2006 / The Nation
Tennessee Turmoil Tennessee Turmoil
In one week, Republicans ran not one, not two, but three racist to borderline racist television and radio ads about Harold Ford Jr. in Tennessee, the Democrat who's trying to beco...
Oct 25, 2006 / The Nation