Bob Hagan’s Modest Proposal Bob Hagan’s Modest Proposal
Bob Hagan has for decades been one of Ohio's most progressive-minded and intellectually adventurous legislators. So it comes as no surprise that the Democratic state senator from ...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols
The Costs of War The Costs of War
As we approach the third anniversary of Bush's invasion of Iraq, with domestic spending being gutted, tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans being extended, and the Bush administra...
Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Electoral Reform Movement Marches On Sweet Victory: Electoral Reform Movement Marches On
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. If there's one core cause for progressives to unite around, it just may be the clean elections movement. Until elections are publicly financed, b...
Feb 24, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why’s a Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel on the “No-Fly” List? Why’s a Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel on the “No-Fly” List?
The federal officials who are busy assuring Americans that they've got their act together when it comes to managing port security are not inspiring much confidence with their appr...
Feb 24, 2006 / John Nichols
The Abortion Debate Gets Real The Abortion Debate Gets Real
It is rare that a decision by the South Dakota State Senate merits national attention. But there is simply no question that this week's vote by that chamber to ban abortion ought ...
Feb 23, 2006 / John Nichols
Larry Summers’s Ghosts Larry Summers’s Ghosts
Maybe it's not surprising that media coverage of Larry Summers's resignation as Harvard University's President has focused on his personal style. After all, Summers--by most accou...
Feb 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Rule of Law versus The Rule of Cheney The Rule of Law versus The Rule of Cheney
In the moment of executive excess, when abuses of the powers of the presidency and -- thanks to Dick Cheney's contributions to the crisis -- the vice presidency are so threatening...
Feb 22, 2006 / John Nichols
Looking for Votes in All the Wrong Places Looking for Votes in All the Wrong Places
In 2004, the Bush-Cheney campaign asked conservative activists to send them their church membership directories for political organizing purposes. Although most religious leaders...
Feb 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sunday, Bloody Sunday Sunday, Bloody Sunday
A recent study by the non-profit Media Matters for America won't surprise Nation readers. The report, If it's Sunday, it's Conservative, demonstrates that conservative guests dram...
Feb 21, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Corporate Control of Ports Is the Problem — UPDATED Corporate Control of Ports Is the Problem — UPDATED
The problem with the Bush administration's support for a move by a United Arab Emirates-based firm to take over operation of six major American ports -- as well as the shipment of...
Feb 21, 2006 / John Nichols