Dismissed for a Donor? Dismissed for a Donor?
Last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began investigating one of the nation's largest hedge funds, Pequot Capitol Management, for possible insider trading. Up un...
Jun 27, 2006 / The Nation
History Lesson History Lesson
Back in Washington's day, Congress printed money to fight the Revolutionary War without collecting taxes to back it up--and paid the price in inflation: History repeats itself toda...
Jun 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Right Pejoratives, Wrong Targets Right Pejoratives, Wrong Targets
Representative Peter King – and now President Bush – are demonizing the New York Times and threatening to prosecute the paper for its story on a secret money monitoring progra...
Jun 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights
Wow! Is it an election year already? It must be because Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have initiated the debate over amending the Constitution to ban flag desecration tha...
Jun 27, 2006 / The Nation
Below the Minimum Below the Minimum
For the third time in two weeks, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives will prevent a vote today on raising the minimum wage. The House Appropriations Committee act...
Jun 27, 2006 / The Nation
Cynical Manipulation Cynical Manipulation
In a democracy, the first responsibility of a journalist is to get accurate information about what the government is doing to the people so that they can make appropriate decision...
Jun 27, 2006 / John Nichols
It’s Back It’s Back
The last post I wrote about the estate tax was followed by a lively comment thread arguing the merits and meaning of a regulated economy. Even more importantly, it was also follo...
Jun 27, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
We Don’t Believe in Politics We Don’t Believe in Politics
If teenagers can't figure out how to participate meaningfully in politics, they will have lost their voice, impact and power.
Jun 27, 2006 / Camila Domonoske
Atrophy of the Well Atrophy of the Well
Few of us can now imagine a world without freshwater, but look to the future, when the scarcity of this most basic commodity will profoundly change our lives.
Jun 27, 2006 / LiAnn Yim