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Bill Moyers: A Pillar of Democracy Is Under Attack Bill Moyers: A Pillar of Democracy Is Under Attack

At the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis last week, more than 3,000 people from across the United States cheered as Bill Moyers condemned the excesses and failures o...

Jan 17, 2007 / The Nation

Israeli Turmoil: Leading Where? Israeli Turmoil: Leading Where?

Just six months ago, Israeli chief of staff Dan Halutz and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were riding high. On July 12, they had launched what they were still convinced would be the ...

Jan 17, 2007 / The Nation

Turning Dreams Into C-Notes Turning Dreams Into C-Notes

A student at Morgan College fills a void in the community with C-Note, his own line of clothing.

Jan 17, 2007 / The Nation

Reflections on SDS, Black Power, War and Racism, 40 Years Later Reflections on SDS, Black Power, War and Racism, 40 Years Later

The same three pillars of US society that Dr. King urged people to confront--racism, imperialism, capitalism--continue with unabated brutality. What can be done? History may hold s...

Jan 17, 2007 / The Nation

The Denial of Death The Denial of Death

The botched executions in Baghdad have revived public discussion of thesordid "science" of killing people in a "humane" manner. Saddam Husseinwas taunted by his executioners as th...

Jan 16, 2007 / The Nation

Bush’s Crooked Ways Bush’s Crooked Ways

Does anyone in a Shakespeare play foretell President George W. Bush, who has not only committed more forces to his catastrophic war in Iraq, but now also threatens to attack Iran...

Jan 16, 2007 / The Nation

The President Alone in the Dark The President Alone in the Dark

On January 2, there was a strange piece of news buried in a back paragraph of a front-page New York Times story by the reportorial team of David E. Sanger, Michael R. Gordon, and ...

Jan 13, 2007 / The Nation

To Surge or Not to Surge To Surge or Not to Surge

Protesters respond to Lieberman and McCain's calls for more troops.

Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation

Reproductive Rights Without Borders Reproductive Rights Without Borders

Progressive action on reproductive rights should extend beyond the US.

Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation

Five Minutes With: David Kuo Five Minutes With: David Kuo

Ralph Reed's former right-hand man is now calling on fellow Evangelical Christians to take a break from politics.

Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation

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