Reconstruction Corruption Watch Part II Reconstruction Corruption Watch Part II
Yesterday, I reported on the current controversy surrounding Halliburton's poor performance and cover-up on its water treatment contract in Iraq. Now add oil to the mix. In the Wa...
Mar 31, 2006 / Adam Howard
Anatomy of a Bad Law Anatomy of a Bad Law
Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could ...
Mar 30, 2006 / Feature / Lauren Bans
The Erotics of Resistance The Erotics of Resistance
With spring come glimmerings of new social attitudes: The popularity of V for Vendetta proves films with a social conscience resonate; Kanye West's challenge to rap homophobia show...
Mar 30, 2006 / Richard Goldstein
How to Free the Press How to Free the Press
The demise of Knight Ridder newspapers could result in some new media models--as the Newspaper Guild teams up with private investors to purchase twelve high-integrity newspapers no...
Mar 30, 2006 / John Nichols
What’s Good for GM? What’s Good for GM?
General Motors must shoulder blame for a faulty product mix and a stubborn resistance to the idea of single-payer health insurance, which sent benefits costs soaring.
Mar 30, 2006 / Jamie Lincoln Kitman
Auto Recovery Auto Recovery
GM's struggle underscores the need to create a better social contract between workers and industry, and to invest in a world beyond the internal combustion engine.
Mar 30, 2006 / The Editors
When Doves Cry When Doves Cry
Two new books explore the Arab-Israeli tragedy: Shlomo Ben-Ami's Scars of War, Wounds of Peace and Gershom Gorenberg's The Accidental Empire.
Mar 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Joel Beinin
The Devil Inside The Devil Inside
Falsehoods, fudges and outright lies have defined Ralph Reed's career. Tarnished by the Abramoff scandal, he's betting his political future on the tendency of the religious right t...
Prescient and Patriotic: America’s Honor Roll Prescient and Patriotic: America’s Honor Roll
Here's an honor roll of people who risked their positions and/or prestige to warn the nation of the Iraq War catastrophe.
Mar 30, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
Poll Vault Poll Vault
In Conned, Nation reporter Sasha Abramsky sets out to highlight a growing population of disenfranchised Americans.
Mar 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin