Blog

Needed: A New Direction for US-Russian Relations Needed: A New Direction for US-Russian Relations

This past Sunday, on Meet the Press, would-be-Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards and one-time-Republican presidential candidate Jack Kemp, used the fiftieth anniversar...

Mar 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Yahoo’s Dirty Secret Yahoo’s Dirty Secret

The branding experts did a good job with Yahoo!. Everything about the Internet giant evokes a groovy vibe--from the name itself to the company's bright purple colors, wacky font a...

Mar 4, 2006 / Peter Rothberg

Sweet Victory: The States are Sick of Waiting Sweet Victory: The States are Sick of Waiting

Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 per hour for over eight and a half years. If Congress fails to pass an increase by December of t...

Mar 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Kate Michelman for Senate? Kate Michelman for Senate?

After Robert Casey, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination to challenge vulnerable Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, joined Santorum in backing the Supreme Court nominati...

Mar 3, 2006 / John Nichols

Ten Against Patriot Act Reauthorization Ten Against Patriot Act Reauthorization

When Senator Russ Feingold opposed the original version of the Patriot Act in 2001, the Wisconsin Democrat was alone in his defense of the Constitution. This year, as Feingold le...

Mar 3, 2006 / John Nichols

SF’s For Impeachment, But Not Nancy Pelosi SF’s For Impeachment, But Not Nancy Pelosi

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is not the first local government body to pass a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, nor will ...

Mar 2, 2006 / John Nichols

Support the Troops? Start by Listening to Them Support the Troops? Start by Listening to Them

According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, a new poll shows that 72 percent of U.S. troops serving in Iraq favor complete withdrawal from that country within a year. ...

Mar 1, 2006 / John Nichols

Clinic Clash : Right to Protest v. Right to Choose Clinic Clash : Right to Protest v. Right to Choose

Ruling on an issue that had divided progressive groups for the better part of two decades, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an 8-0 decision that federal extortion and racketeer...

Feb 28, 2006 / John Nichols

Not One Penny More Not One Penny More

As we approach the third anniversary of Bush's invasion of Iraq, the National Priorities Project (NPP) has issued an invaluable new report demonstrating the financial impact of th...

Feb 27, 2006 / Peter Rothberg

Larry Summers Ghosts–Continued Larry Summers Ghosts–Continued

As Russian-watcher and ex-Nation blogger Matt Bivens detailed in this space last week, despite the spate of media coverage being devoted to Larry Summers' resignation as Harvard U...

Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

x