Extend the Voting Rights Act Extend the Voting Rights Act
Saturday, August 6, marks the fortieth anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's signing into law of the Voting Rights Act, considered by many to be the most comprehensive civil r...
Aug 5, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Defending the Voting Rights Act Defending the Voting Rights Act
NAACP Convention SpeechRev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.July 12, 2005 To Chairman Julian Bond, a legendary force in the last half of the 20th century, whose work, vision and sacrifice, ...
Aug 5, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Readers of The Nation online are used to hearing about Wal-Mart. In fact, it tends to be one of those subjects that we can't do enough on. We've been strongly supportive of effort...
Aug 2, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Punish the CAFTA 15 Punish the CAFTA 15
Last night, President Bush eked out a very narrow victory on his top trade priority, with the House of Representatives approving a free-trade agreement with Central American count...
Jul 28, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Help Halt Unfair Trade Pact Help Halt Unfair Trade Pact
After more than two years of campaigning, the CAFTA fight has come down to the wire with a vote scheduled to take place this week. NAFTA led to the loss of almost one million US ...
Jul 26, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Help Defeat Roberts’s Nomination Help Defeat Roberts’s Nomination
As Reuters was the first to report tonight, President Bush's nominee to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court is conservative appeals court judge John Robe...
Jul 20, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
How Many Lies Are Too Many? How Many Lies Are Too Many?
Next Saturday, July 23, is the three-year anniversary of the meeting at #10 Downing Street in London that was recorded in the now infamous minutes known as the "Downing Street Mem...
Jul 15, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
O’Connor, Rehnquist and the Future of the Court O’Connor, Rehnquist and the Future of the Court
On Friday, newsrooms nationwide were abuzz with rumors that Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was set to announce his resignation, only one week after his colleague Sa...
Jul 10, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
London Hit London Hit
This post will be updated throughout the day. Three explosions rocked the London tubes this morning and one tore open a packed double-decker bus during today's rush hour, sending...
Jul 7, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Torture is Unpatriotic Torture is Unpatriotic
This July 4th, a diverse coalition of groups including the Center for Constitutional Rights, Code Pink, The Culture Project, Not In Our Name, United For Peace and Justice, and WED...
Jul 3, 2005 / Peter Rothberg