Joe’s GOP Allies Joe’s GOP Allies
Joe Lieberman is no longer officially a Democrat in Connecticut. Perhaps that's why so many Republicans are rushing to his side. Karl Rove is calling for support, Dick Cheney is ...
Aug 15, 2006 / The Nation
ABA: Bush Unconstitutional ABA: Bush Unconstitutional
August 8 was a good day for America. It went under the radar, but the American Bar Association's 550-member House of Delegates – the policy-making body that represents 400,000 ...
Aug 15, 2006 / The Nation
Who’s Going to Halt Global Warming? Who’s Going to Halt Global Warming?
Forest fires, droughts and floods are all likely to become more severe and more common if global warming continues to heat the planet at the rate most scientists predict, reports ...
Aug 15, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Locked and Loaded Locked and Loaded
The Minutemen have been transformed from an extremist "citizen border patrol" to part of the neocon establishment. Has their leader sold out, or bought in?
Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Susy Buchanan and David Holthouse
Nightly Nativism Nightly Nativism
CNN pundit Lou Dobbs has made himself a "specialist" in channeling nativist, nationalist and even white supremacist rhetoric.
Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
A Bankrupt Cuba Policy A Bankrupt Cuba Policy
As Iraq burns and Castro recovers, the Bush Administration's schemes to further "Cuba's transition to democracy" ring more hollow than ever.
Aug 15, 2006 / Wayne S. Smith
The Essential Terrorist The Essential Terrorist
With the "war on terror" now official nomenclature, the problematic conflating of ethnic, religious and "terrorist" identities is now a matter of policy as well as media distortion...
Aug 15, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Edward W. Said
Making a Difference in Connecticut Making a Difference in Connecticut
Primary elections are not usually very exciting. A few political insiders pay close attention, a few party activists go to the polls and the news media give them a day's worth of ...
Aug 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cease-Fire and Frustration Cease-Fire and Frustration
After thirty-one days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and more than 1,000 dead, the United Nations has finally passed a cease-fire. Now what?
Aug 13, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
As Conn. Goes in ’06, So Goes The Nation in ’08? As Conn. Goes in ’06, So Goes The Nation in ’08?
At the beginning of what is shaping up as America's summer of discontent, U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" for a discussion about his opposition to the w...
Aug 12, 2006 / John Nichols