Iraq for Sale Iraq for Sale
The Bush administration's approach to Iraq reconstruction is about the same as its approach to everything else – greed, cronyism and corruption. Now, an important new document...
Sep 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Just Response A Just Response
The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.
Sep 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Not a ‘War’ on Terror It’s Not a ‘War’ on Terror
It's time to stop calling the post 9/11 struggle against terrorism a "war." The struggle against stateless terrorists is not the same thing. And framing it as a war was a consciou...
Sep 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Focus on Rumsfeld Misses the Point Focus on Rumsfeld Misses the Point
Democratic members of the House and Senate wrote George Bush Monday, urging a redeployment of US troops before the end of 2006 and the firing of Donald Rumsfeld. Some excerpts fr...
Sep 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Appease Your Thirst Appease Your Thirst
Two weeks ago, we asked readers of thenation.com to submit new definitions for an updated Dictionary of Republicanisms. In that time, we've had hundreds of sharp and hilarious sug...
Sep 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lessons for Labor Day Lessons for Labor Day
CEO's in the oil and defense industries are making out like profiteering bandits. Wages for American workers are declining while their productivity is rising. Recent polls show ...
Sep 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Republicans and Race Republicans and Race
One of the few appeals of compassionate conservatism was the hope that it might mark the end of the Republican's race-baiting Southern strategy. Anyone who still believes that has...
Aug 31, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Battle Over Reconstruction The Battle Over Reconstruction
Charles Jackson, media coordinator for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), was anxious last week as today's anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approach...
Aug 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Whitewash Whitewash
It is staggering. It is horrifying. But, then again, it isn't. It is what we have come to expect of this war and those who have misled our nation into it. According to the Was...
Aug 24, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dictionary of Republicanisms: One Year Later The Dictionary of Republicanisms: One Year Later
Almost a year ago, NationBooks published The Dictionary of Republicanisms, a book that set out to deconstruct Republicans' Orwellian attempts to manipulate the language for their...
Aug 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel