The Fallout of Desperation The Fallout of Desperation
The news that the Pentagon had secret contingency plans to fight terrorism with nuclear weapons has the marks not of considered military doctrine but rather of an infantile tantr...
Mar 12, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush’s New Nuclear Weapon Plan: A Shot at Nonproliferation Bush’s New Nuclear Weapon Plan: A Shot at Nonproliferation
After George W. Bush's tough talk about the "axis of evil" unnerved allies--and forced the Administration to dispense assurances it was not about to go half...
Mar 11, 2002 / David Corn
The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain
Langston Hughes on the real Harlem renaissance.
Mar 11, 2002 / Feature / Langston Hughes
Pickering: On The Wrong Side Of History Pickering: On The Wrong Side Of History
At 1700 Birmingham Ave., in Jasper, Ala., sits the little white bungalow where Carl Elliott lived for more than 50 years. It is about as unassuming a house on about as unassuming ...
Mar 10, 2002 / John Nichols
Welfare Moms Go to Washington Welfare Moms Go to Washington
"I went down to Tommy Thompson's house," the crowd sang.
Mar 9, 2002 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Woman Suffrage in New York Woman Suffrage in New York
If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on the women's rights movement and feminism, click here for information on how to acquire individual access to the Arch...
Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / The Nation
Tree-Huggers No Longer! Tree-Huggers No Longer!
It's official now: The United States has a policy on climate change. President Bush announced it on Valentine's Day at a government climate and oceans research center. "My approa...
Mar 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Frank Ackerman
Phonics Rises From the Ashes Phonics Rises From the Ashes
Phonics Rises From the Ashes Morris, Minn. Thanks to Stephen Metcalf for his informed article "Reading Between the Lines" [Jan. 28]. There is another winner from Bush'...
Mar 7, 2002 / Our Readers
Virtual Reality Virtual Reality
In my last column, I mentioned that most actual drug users are young white people, even though most of those "profiled" as drug users are people of color. Indeed, according to th...
Mar 7, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Bush Plan for a Shadow Government The Bush Plan for a Shadow Government
A place was found for Mr. Cheney Where, even if the missiles rain, he Can carry on his governing nonstop. They then found bunkers down so far That closed-lip Bushies even are...
Mar 7, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin