Not a Single Word Not a Single Word
On the day before the State of the Union address, Senator James Webb said, "If we're putting all of this money into Iraq and ignoring New Orleans, then we're doing something wrong...
Jan 24, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The State of Healthcare The State of Healthcare
According to the Bush administration, the new health care plan that the President unveiled in the State of the Union address Tuesday would cover three million people who are curr...
Jan 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ending Folly in Iraq Ending Folly in Iraq
A recent CBS News poll reveals that over 70 percent of Americans believe President Bush should obtain congressional authorization before escalating the war in Iraq. And a new Was...
Jan 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Triad The Triad
Last Sunday, at the Riverside Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once eloquently opposed the Vietnam War, Presidential candidate and former Senator John Edwards urged Congr...
Jan 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A 50-State Response to Bush A 50-State Response to Bush
As state legislators grow increasingly opposed to an Iraq war that is stretching and weakening the National Guard and draining desperately needed funds at home, activists and legi...
Jan 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Cost of War in Treasure and Lives The Cost of War in Treasure and Lives
As Democrats debate how best to oppose President Bush's escalation of a war that has already squandered $400 billion and too many American and Iraqi lives, one of the Senate's bes...
Jan 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Remembering Dr. King Remembering Dr. King
Since 1865, when it was founded by abolitionists, The Nation has believed in the liberating power of truth, of conviction, of conscience, and of fighting for causes lost and found...
Jan 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Taking on Reconstruction Corruption Taking on Reconstruction Corruption
In presenting his plan for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq this week, current Representative and now Presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich, noted that "after the first Gulf Wa...
Jan 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush Isn’t Listening Bush Isn’t Listening
By ignoring his advisors and the will of the people, Bush is recklessly using American lives to salvage a delusional policy.
Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Surge Homeward Surge Homeward
Peace groups and members of Congress are crafting creative ideas to counter a Commander-in-Chief who misled us into a catastrophic conflict and now proposes to escalate the war i...
Jan 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel