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Yellow Means Stop the War in Uganda: Students lobby Congress to get involved. Yellow Means Stop the War in Uganda: Students lobby Congress to get involved.

Students lobby Congress to get involved.

Oct 17, 2006 / The Nation

Assault Gets Even Uglier:Controversy escalates over sexual violence on campus. Assault Gets Even Uglier:Controversy escalates over sexual violence on campus.

Controversy escalates over sexual violence on campus.

Oct 17, 2006 / The Nation

November Surprise? November Surprise?

The US-backed special tribunal in Baghdad signalled Monday that it will likely delay a verdict in thefirst trial of Saddam Hussein to November 5. Why hasn't the mainstream mediac...

Oct 17, 2006 / The Nation

Retail Workers Fight Back Retail Workers Fight Back

Yesterday, more than 200 Wal-Mart workers held a demonstration in front of a Wal-Mart store in Hialeah Gardens, Florida. In the first significant protest ever organized by Wal-Mar...

Oct 17, 2006 / The Nation

Arnold at the Wheel: The Hummer-driving governator greens up. Arnold at the Wheel: The Hummer-driving governator greens up.

The Hummer-driving governator greens up.

Oct 17, 2006 / The Nation

Nuclear Illogic Nuclear Illogic

Twenty years ago this month the world might have taken a different course. On October 11, 1986, at the Reykjavik Summit, Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan entertained the idea t...

Oct 16, 2006 / The Nation

Former Regime Criminals or the Resistance? Former Regime Criminals or the Resistance?

Here's how the President described the enemy in Iraq at his press conference last week. "The violence is being caused by a combination of terrorists, elements of former regime cri...

Oct 16, 2006 / The Nation

Africa’s Poor Had The Best Week Ever Africa’s Poor Had The Best Week Ever

[Correction, 11/2/06: The percentage that AmEx Red donates to the Global Fund was incorrectly reported. See my note in paragraph 8.] Africa's poor had, like, the best week ever. ...

Oct 16, 2006 / The Nation

What Garbage Tells Us about Iraq What Garbage Tells Us about Iraq

Every now and then, a set of figures buried in some newspaper piece just jumps out and grabs you by the throat. When we talk about the situation in Iraq, it's usually about the p...

Oct 14, 2006 / The Nation

Indonesian Mother Sews Halloween Costumes For 60,000 Children Indonesian Mother Sews Halloween Costumes For 60,000 Children

"I try to put a little extra love in each seam I stitch, or epoxy, or hot-glue, or heat-seal," said factory worker Weninng Panggi.

Oct 13, 2006 / The Nation

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