“Crimes which would Disgrace a Nation of Savages” “Crimes which would Disgrace a Nation of Savages”
July 4 is typically a day for patriotic speeches about America's greatness. But, as Eric Foner pointed out in The Nation two years ago, it's also been a day for "eloquent indictm...
Jul 3, 2006 / The Nation
A July Fourth Declaration A July Fourth Declaration
It is clear that the American Constitution is in grave danger. It is time to make the defense of the Constitution a national theme for all candidates in this year's electoral cont...
Jul 2, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes
By blindly accepting Bush's expansion of state secrets claims, the courts are allowing the executive branch to operate above the law, putting the core principles of our democracy a...
Jul 2, 2006 / Feature / Michael Ratner
Shifting Winds on Iraq Shifting Winds on Iraq
Peace sentiments are rising among the American public and even in the much-divided Democrats. What does this mean for electoral politics and for the course of a war that seems to h...
Jul 2, 2006 / Feature / Tom Hayden
American Patriots American Patriots
Here's a salute to America's true patriots: librarians on the frontlines of free inquiry, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and peace activists across the nation.
Jul 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Jefferson’s 4th of July Jefferson’s 4th of July
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the approval and signing of theDeclaration of Independence, the document's author was an 83-year-old formergovernor, vice president and presi...
Jul 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Democracy Demands Freedom of Information Democracy Demands Freedom of Information
Forty years ago this week, on July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act. The choice of July 4 for the signing ceremony was no coincidence. The...
Jul 1, 2006 / John Nichols
House Tally: Tyranny 227, Freedom 183 House Tally: Tyranny 227, Freedom 183
There is no small measure of irony in the fact that the final vote by the U.S. House of Representatives before leaving for an extended Fourth of July break involved a basic questi...
Jul 1, 2006 / John Nichols
GOP Sluggers GOP Sluggers
It's been a rough year for Democratic softball. Renegade Republicans seceded (sound familiar?) and formed their own Capitol Hill league. The RNC beat the DNC last week.
Jun 30, 2006 / The Nation
A President Rebuked A President Rebuked
The Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision is to Bush what the Pentagon Papers were to Nixon: a devastating rebuke of a President who thought he had a blank check and a clear ...
Jun 30, 2006 / Bruce Shapiro