Bush Wants to Read Your Mail Bush Wants to Read Your Mail
Two days after the Democrats took control of the House and Senate, they are already facing a challenge by this administration's claim of "Unitary Powers." This time it's not our t...
Jan 5, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Going Local Going Local
Most ActNow readers will be familiar with many of the well-known liberal bloggers and blogs. Sites like The DailyKos, Talking Points Memo, Atrios and The Huffington Post all draw ...
Jan 4, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Heroes and Zeroes of 2006 Heroes and Zeroes of 2006
With an abortion ban in South Dakota, a pitched battle over the FDA's approval of the "morning-after" pill for over-the-counter sales, continued struggles over anti-choice Bush Ad...
Jan 3, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Change the World in 2007 Change the World in 2007
We should all be thankful that 2006 is ending in so much better shape than it started. Media Matters' recent round-up of the most outrageous right-wing comments of the passing ye...
Dec 30, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Smart Shopping Smart Shopping
In her latest Nation magazine column, Katha Pollitt offers tips on how to have yourself an altruistic holiday by reaching out to people in need. In that spirit, I've gathered a fe...
Dec 20, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Demand Democracy for Florida Demand Democracy for Florida
I suspect even many well-informed Nation readers don't know about the 18,382 votes that were lost in one Congressional district in Sarasota, Florida, on Election Day. (I didn't un...
Dec 11, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Big Pharma Against AIDS Big Pharma Against AIDS
Last Friday I wrote about some good ways to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. Well, I missed something, which The Nation's well-read Controller just pointed out, and it's worth s...
Dec 6, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Hunger Strike at Purdue Hunger Strike at Purdue
In this space, we've periodically tried to highlight some of the many examples that demonstrate that student activism is alive and well, even if under-reported by the media. We'v...
Dec 5, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
World AIDS Day World AIDS Day
Now that an estimated 40 million people are living with HIV worldwide, the AIDS epidemic has surpassed even the most dire predictions made by experts when the virus first surfaced...
Nov 29, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Media, Democracy and the FCC Media, Democracy and the FCC
In 2003, an unprecedented groundswell of popular opposition killed then-Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell's efforts to eliminate rules that limit the abili...
Nov 26, 2006 / Peter Rothberg