United in Support of Iranian Women United in Support of Iranian Women
As the crisis between Iran and Britain enters its second week, and confrontational rhetoric fills our newspapers and airwaves, it is worth reading a statement published just a few...
Apr 2, 2007 / The Nation
“Kerry Was Right” “Kerry Was Right”
You know things aren't going well for the Bush Administration when a former top advisor to the President drafts an op-ed entitled "Kerry Was Right." Matthew Dowd (no relation to ...
Apr 2, 2007 / The Nation
Open Letter to Ronald McDonald Open Letter to Ronald McDonald
Opinion: Young activists and immigrant farmworkers succeeded in stopping Taco Bell's abusive treatment of their workers. McDonald's is up next, warns a young organizer.
Mar 30, 2007 / The Nation
Unhappy Meals Unhappy Meals
Immigrant farmworkers battle for workers' rights, escalate their campaign against McDonald's.
Mar 30, 2007 / The Nation
Diplomats to the Sidelines Diplomats to the Sidelines
Ever since September 2001, the President's central operative image has been "war" -- specifically, his "global war on terror" (promptly transformed into the grim acronym GWOT). W...
Mar 30, 2007 / The Nation
Stengelgate Stengelgate
In an unusual move for a Sunday talk show pundit, this week Time Managing Editor Rick Stengel publicly replied to criticism of inaccurate statements he made about the prosecutor p...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
Making Mitch Pay Making Mitch Pay
Because of procedural rules, it usually takes 60 votes to pass even nominally controversial pieces of legislation in the US Senate. Democrats only have 50 votes, give or take Joe ...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
Sampson: Gonzales Not Telling Whole Truth Sampson: Gonzales Not Telling Whole Truth
Kyle Sampson resigned as a loyal servant. Now the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is taking issue with some of the key statements his boss has recently ...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
Buddying Up to Wal-Mart Buddying Up to Wal-Mart
Last week, in a remarkable interview with the American Prospect magazine's Ezra Klein, SEIU president Andy Stern, normally one of the more articulate leaders of the American labor...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
WSJ Discovers Globalization’s Downside WSJ Discovers Globalization’s Downside
This just in from today's Wall Street Journal: "Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts." Can you believe it? A "downer" story on globalization from the mother church of free-m...
Mar 28, 2007 / The Nation