Reforming Three Strikes Reforming Three Strikes
In November, California voters will have their first chance in a decade to reform the state's "three strikes and you're out" law, which has imposed cruel life sentences on th...
Oct 14, 2004 / Louis Freedberg
Roe = Dred Roe = Dred
Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case.
Oct 14, 2004 / Katha Pollitt
Climate, the Absent Issue Climate, the Absent Issue
Every once in a while there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year's Nobel Peace Prizewinner is one suc...
Oct 14, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Election Matters Election Matters
As he began his seventh campaign swing this year through the battleground state of Wisconsin on a sunny day in late September, George W. Bush loaded a secret weapon onto hi...
Oct 14, 2004 / John Nichols
Hammer Strikes–Out? Hammer Strikes–Out?
Has Tom DeLay--a k a The Hammer--hit his last nail? Not yet, but the Republican House majority leader has sustained his own whacks recently for a series of unethica...
Oct 14, 2004 / The Editors
Letters Letters
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Oct 13, 2004 / Eric Alterman and Our Readers
The James Baker Documents The James Baker Documents
Read Naomi Klein's Piece Letter dated January 20 2004 from International Strategy Group, Coudert Brothers and The Albright Group (pdf).
Oct 13, 2004 / Feature / The Nation
The Race Right Now The Race Right Now
On the eve of the final presidential debate of the 2004 campaign, everything has changed -- again. And it could all change once more tonight. But here is where the race stands rig...
Oct 13, 2004 / John Nichols
Just One Vote Just One Vote
This year the Supreme Court and its future composition should be a bigger issue than ever. Yet, few people, including, curiously, the Democrats, are talking about it. Regardless, ...
Oct 13, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
James Baker’s Double Life James Baker’s Double Life
Bush's special envoy has a private interest in Iraqi debt, documents reveal.
Oct 12, 2004 / Feature / Naomi Klein