Fine By Us: A T-shirt campaign brings students out of the closet Fine By Us: A T-shirt campaign brings students out of the closet
A T-shirt campaign brings students out of the closet.
Dec 5, 2006 / The Nation
Six Questions for Robert Rubin Six Questions for Robert Rubin
Robert Rubin, the former Treasury secretary and Citigroup executive,meets Wednesday with the House DemocraticCaucus to begin educating its new members on the politically correctwa...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Nation
Gates: US Will Be in Iraq “A Long Time” Gates: US Will Be in Iraq “A Long Time”
Give Robert Gates credit for willingness to acknowledge the obvious. At the Senate Armed Services Committee's confirmation hearing for President Bush's nominee to replace consist...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Nation
Paid Sick Days and Family Values Paid Sick Days and Family Values
After raising the minimum wage, economic justice priority number two for the Democratic congress should be mandating paid sick days for all workers. Aside from a simple issue of f...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Nation
Biking with Rumsfeld Biking with Rumsfeld
Last week, someone slipped New York Times reporters Michael R. Gordon and David S. Cloud the secret memo finished by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld just two days before he "...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Nation
Pinochet Death Watch Pinochet Death Watch
Who's going to definitively catch former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet first? The slow, grinding wheels of earthly justice or the swift ruthlessness of the Grim Reaper? Just ...
Dec 4, 2006 / The Nation
Nancy Pelosi and Impeachment Nancy Pelosi and Impeachment
This coming Tuesday, in San Francisco, the official canvass of the results of the November 7 election must be completed and those results will be certified. On that day, this wil...
Dec 3, 2006 / The Nation
Malachi Ritscher R. I. P. Malachi Ritscher R. I. P.
The Iraq war has produced too many tragedies to count. And in the spectrum of them, from innocent children killed by errant fire, cluster bombs or car bombs, to American soldiers ...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Nation
New Leadership in AIDS Fight New Leadership in AIDS Fight
"This year, on World AIDS Day, we are reminded of the rapidly rising rate of HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on communities around the world. The global AIDS epidemic has clai...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Nation
Out of Iraq By ’08? Out of Iraq By ’08?
A front page story in the Washington Post today declares: "Iraq Panel to Urge Pullout Of Combat Troops by '08." The headline makes it sound like all US troops will be withdrawn f...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Nation