In Torture We Trust? In Torture We Trust?
In these jittery times, many Americans see torture as justified.
Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / Eyal Press
Guns in the Courtroom Guns in the Courtroom
In the late summer and fall of 1997, small news leaks began appearing that Mayor Edward Rendell of Philadelphia (who is now governor of Pennsylvania) was thinking about suing t...
Mar 13, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Carl T. Bogus
Left Coast Notes Left Coast Notes
Almost a thousand boisterous supporters--most of them unionized Latino service workers--showed up on March 4 at the vote-counting and subsequent victory party for new City Counci...
Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony
This essay, from the February 14, 1920, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on...
Mar 10, 2003 / Feature / Fanny Garrison Villard
Washington Post Warriors Washington Post Warriors
A generation ago, when I worked at the Washington Post, the right-wing fringe occasionally referred to us as "Pravda on the Potomac." We reporters were amused but also rankled.
Mar 6, 2003 / William Greider
Donahue–War Casualty Donahue–War Casualty
War may or may not be inevitable, but a one-sided discussion of US policy toward Iraq appears to be all but guaranteed on network television.
Mar 6, 2003 / John Nichols
Phallic Balloons Against the War Phallic Balloons Against the War
Who says there's nothing new under the sun?
Mar 6, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Neo-Macho Man Neo-Macho Man
Say what you will about oil and hegemony, but the pending invasion of Iraq is more than just a geopolitical act. It's also the manifestation of a cultural attitude.
Mar 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
Title IX: Political Football Title IX: Political Football
Women's sports are under attack by jocks who have an ally in the President.
Mar 6, 2003 / Feature / Ruth Conniff
Court Reporter Court Reporter
On June 4, 1961, John F. Kennedy held his last meeting with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna.
Mar 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder