Arnold Breaks with Bush on Global Warming Arnold Breaks with Bush on Global Warming
California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cleanly broke with the White House yesterday by reaching a broad agreement with state Dems to severely cap greenhouse gas em...
Aug 31, 2006 / The Nation
No Rx in Massachusetts No Rx in Massachusetts
If it becomes a national model, a new, highly touted health insurance law in Massachusetts would make American healthcare, already on life support, take a turn for the worse.
Aug 31, 2006 / Trudy Lieberman
Israel Lobby Watch Israel Lobby Watch
The Human Rights Watch reports that were sharply critical of Israel's killing of civilians in Lebanon represent the latest battle for Jewish hearts and minds in the ideological war...
Aug 31, 2006 / Philip Weiss
Katrina One Year After Katrina One Year After
Great tragedies call for visionary leadership. This is the moment for progressives to summon the guts to forge a compelling message not just about what's come apart in America, but...
Aug 31, 2006 / The Editors
Bush’s Plebiscitary Presidency Bush’s Plebiscitary Presidency
Thanks to an acquiescent Congress, we are now being governed by an Administration that is radically trying to change the nature of our democracy.
Aug 30, 2006 / Barney Frank
Bush Hushes Nation Bush Hushes Nation
He asks citizens "to quiet down for just one minute" so he could have "a chance to think."
Aug 30, 2006 / The Nation
Honey, We Killed the Planet Honey, We Killed the Planet
As the generation of power brokers over 40 continues to blow off global warming, our dependence on a waning supply of oil will create a miserable future for their children and gran...
Aug 30, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Tunnel Vision Tunnel Vision
Mr Rumsfeld: ARE we safer, more secure today? NO. Look around the world. You can--once again--pull out that tired page from your playbook and try to divert attention from this adm...
Aug 30, 2006 / The Nation
Clinton’s Blindness on Welfare Reform Clinton’s Blindness on Welfare Reform
You'd think Bill Clinton doesn't know the difference between getting mothers and their children off the welfare rolls and getting them out of poverty.
Aug 30, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Beyond Macaca: The Photograph That Haunts George Allen Beyond Macaca: The Photograph That Haunts George Allen
Virginia Senator George Allen claimed it was a "mistake" when he called an employee of his Democratic foe a racist name. But the leader of America's top racist group explains Allen...
Aug 29, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal