The Cost of Fighting Torture The Cost of Fighting Torture
On Monday, January 28th, Joanne Anderson, Ozone Bhaguan, Le Anne Clausen, Art Landis, Ed Lewinson, Chris Lieberman, Diane Lopez Hughes, Tiel Rainelli, Gus Roddy and Stephen Schweit...
Jan 24, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Whither the Dream Whither the Dream
This post was updated on January 20, and then again on January 21. From 1961 to 1966, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for The Nation on the state of civ...
Jan 18, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Richard Honaker is No Good Richard Honaker is No Good
Richard Honaker, President Bush's latest radical nominee to the federal bench, is far outside the US mainstream when it comes to reproductive rights and freedoms. He's devoted a g...
Jan 11, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
How Green is Your Candidate? How Green is Your Candidate?
How do the presidential candidates compare on green issues? The online environmental magazine Grist has created a very useful chart that neatly compares the candidates' environmen...
Jan 8, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
In the City In the City
The outsize importance of the entirely unrepresentative state of Iowa in the US presidential selection process casts America as tractor pulls, county fairs, town halls and truck s...
Jan 4, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
The Race Begins The Race Begins
As Nation.com readers need no reminding, tomorrow residents of Iowa will become the first citizens in the country to weigh in on the presidential nominees. But not all residents o...
Jan 2, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Don’t Forget Iraq Don’t Forget Iraq
Ring in the New Year with a commitment to nonviolent direct action to end the Iraq war and to prevent an extension of US military aggression to Iran and other countries. Startin...
Dec 31, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The MVP of 2007 The MVP of 2007
My colleague Joan Connell's end-of-year review highlighted those issues that Nation.com readers found of most importance during the course of this past year of alarming news and ...
Dec 21, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Throw Out the Rules Throw Out the Rules
Despite the furious efforts of media activists, this past Tuesday the FCC approved new rules that will unleash a flood of media concentration across America. The new rules will fu...
Dec 20, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Burger King as Scrooge Burger King as Scrooge
Farm workers who toil to pick tomatoes for Burger King's sandwiches earn 40 to 50 cents for every 32-pound bucket of tomatoes they pick, a rate that has not risen significantly in...
Dec 18, 2007 / Peter Rothberg