The Testing Bubble Bursts The Testing Bubble Bursts
Looks like the $2.3 billion standardized testing industry forgot to devise a much needed self-examination. Two weeks ago, after two students paid fees to have their SATs rescored...
Mar 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Soon-to-be-Forgotten Andrew Card The Soon-to-be-Forgotten Andrew Card
After Karen Hughes stepped down as a counselor to the president in 2002, White House chief of staff Andy Card, in a rare moment of candor, told Esquire: "She's leaving when the pr...
Mar 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Don’t We Need a New Political Language? Don’t We Need a New Political Language?
A condensed version of this post, titled Had it With Hitler, was published today by the Washington Post. Here's a modest proposal for improving national political discussion. L...
Mar 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Kids Are Alright The Kids Are Alright
How many young people turn away from low-paying but vital professions because they can't earn enough to pay back their student loans? How many potential social workers, public int...
Mar 26, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Giving Americans a Raise Giving Americans a Raise
This article, originally published in the April 10, 2006 issue of The Nation, was co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour for m...
Mar 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Didn’t This Call for Withdrawal From Iraq Merit Attention? Didn’t This Call for Withdrawal From Iraq Merit Attention?
Here's an interesting issue for the "liberal media" to ponder: In January, 2004, when the Des Moines Register made an unexpected endorsement of John Edwards as the best president...
Mar 23, 2006 / John Nichols
Handing Over the Forests Handing Over the Forests
I'm sure you many of have heard about President Bush's proposal to sell off national forest land to raise money for the federal budget. The plan, which requires Congressional appr...
Mar 23, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Back to the Big Lie Back to the Big Lie
Tossed a softball question during Tuesday morning's press conference about whether he should be censured for ordering warrantless wiretapping of phone conversations "during a time...
Mar 21, 2006 / John Nichols
Independent War Profiteering Commission (Continued) Independent War Profiteering Commission (Continued)
Payments to ghost employees. Contractors overcharging by hundreds of millions of dollars on no-bid contracts. And billions in reconstruction money gone missing. The list of reaso...
Mar 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Three Years of War With No Checks, No Balances Three Years of War With No Checks, No Balances
With the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq approaching, Congress rejected reality once more and provided another infusion of funding to continue the open-ended occupa...
Mar 17, 2006 / John Nichols