BAYAN USA: Filipino Voices for Political Change BAYAN USA: Filipino Voices for Political Change
As many in the Philippines continue to suffer through political repression and poverty, young Filipinos at home and abroad organize to make change.
Mar 2, 2007 / The Nation
Inside Cheney’s Bunker Inside Cheney’s Bunker
The US government and military have undergone a series of jolting expansions in the Bush years. We got, for instance, a second Defense Department called the Department of Homelan...
Feb 28, 2007 / The Nation
The Business of the News Business The Business of the News Business
Over the last month PBS's Frontline has produced a terrific series on the future of news. Last night's third-part, on the business of journalism, was particularly compelling--and ...
Feb 28, 2007 / The Nation
Don’t Blame the Base Don’t Blame the Base
Fifty-eight percent of the American people support Jack Murtha's plan to properly rest, train and equip American troops before deploying them into battle, according to a new Washi...
Feb 27, 2007 / The Nation
New Hope in Albany: Students lobby their state government for tuition assistance New Hope in Albany: Students lobby their state government for tuition assistance
Students lobby their state government for tuition assistance.
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Madame President: Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule Madame President: Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule
Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule.
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Loan, Bait, and Switch: The downsides to President Bush’s plan to expand Pell Grants Loan, Bait, and Switch: The downsides to President Bush’s plan to expand Pell Grants
The downsides to President Bush's plan to expand Pell Grants.
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Oscar Postmortem: What About Iraq? Oscar Postmortem: What About Iraq?
It's great that the problem of global warming was all the rage at last night's Academy Awards. An Inconvenient Truth deservedly won best documentary, Melissa Etheridge's song from...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Talking Points for the Next War Talking Points for the Next War
At 10:16 PM on March 19, 2003, after copious military preparations in the Persian Gulf region and beyond, after months of diplomatic maneuvers at the United Nations, after a drumb...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Libby: No Mistrial, Yet Libby: No Mistrial, Yet
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, on Monday morning, dismissed a juror in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby after determining that the juror had been exposed to media cove...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation