‘Let Justice Roll Down’ ‘Let Justice Roll Down’
From 1961 to 1966, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for The Nation on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. His 1965 contribution was p...
Jan 16, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Rev. King’s Message to the Faithful Rev. King’s Message to the Faithful
Five decades ago this years, in the fall of 1956, the young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., newly prominent because of the role he played in the boycott by African-Americans of Montg...
Jan 15, 2006 / John Nichols
Confirmation and Crisis Confirmation and Crisis
If the Alito confirmation hearings were a test of Democratic strategy, the Alito vote to come is a test of moderate Republican integrity and mettle.
Jan 14, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Unequipped to Cure Unequipped to Cure
Vaccine production in the United States is in an alarming condition--with drug-makers wedded to outmoded techniques and government more focused on terror than pandemics.
Jan 14, 2006 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel
The Cost of Integrity The Cost of Integrity
The recent controversy over false claims in James Frey's The recent controversy over false claims in James Frey's best-selling memoir "A Million Little Pieces" raises questions abo...
Jan 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kluger
Everyone’s a Reformer Everyone’s a Reformer
For a long time on Capitol Hill, no one was interested in lobbying reform. Now everybody wants to get in on the act.
Jan 13, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
Adrift in Egypt Adrift in Egypt
A brutal raid on an encampment of refugees in Cairo has focused the world's attention on the netherworld Sudanese occupy in Egypt.
Jan 13, 2006 / Feature / Negar Azimi
Gore to Address “Constitutional Crisis” Gore to Address “Constitutional Crisis”
It sounds as if Al Gore is about to deliver what could be not just one of the more significant speeches of his political career but an essential challenge to the embattled preside...
Jan 13, 2006 / John Nichols
Compromised and Corrupted Compromised and Corrupted
Samuel Alito and his handlers have crafted a disingenuous campaign that reeks of ethical compromise, bending Senate rules, bending the truth and compromising the confirmation proce...
Jan 13, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Sweet Victory: Living Wage Coalition Honors MLK Legacy Sweet Victory: Living Wage Coalition Honors MLK Legacy
"There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid, or day la...
Jan 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel