‘Let Justice Roll Down’ ‘Let Justice Roll Down’
From 1961 to 1966, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for The Nation on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. His 1965 contribution was p...
Jan 16, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Rev. King’s Message to the Faithful Rev. King’s Message to the Faithful
Five decades ago this years, in the fall of 1956, the young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., newly prominent because of the role he played in the boycott by African-Americans of Montg...
Jan 15, 2006 / John Nichols
Gore to Address “Constitutional Crisis” Gore to Address “Constitutional Crisis”
It sounds as if Al Gore is about to deliver what could be not just one of the more significant speeches of his political career but an essential challenge to the embattled preside...
Jan 13, 2006 / John Nichols
Sweet Victory: Living Wage Coalition Honors MLK Legacy Sweet Victory: Living Wage Coalition Honors MLK Legacy
"There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid, or day la...
Jan 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Alito Testimony Swings Pro-Choice GOPers — Against Him Alito Testimony Swings Pro-Choice GOPers — Against Him
Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees should always be about more than the abortion debate. And the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Samue...
Jan 12, 2006 / John Nichols
Elizabeth Holtzman: Nixon to Bush & the Case for Impeachment Elizabeth Holtzman: Nixon to Bush & the Case for Impeachment
A few days before the New Year, soon after the New York Times reported that Bush had authorized the warrantless wiretapping of thousands of Americans, I called Elizabeth Holtzman....
Jan 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
RadioNation with Laura Flanders RadioNation with Laura Flanders
Lest anyone accuse me of conflict-of-interest, let me fully disclose at the outset that this post is both highly self-interested and written to introduce you to a new project with...
Jan 10, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Frank Wilkinson’s Legacy Frank Wilkinson’s Legacy
When Frank Wilkinson died on January 2nd, obituaries focused on his role as a leading defender of the First Amendment and as a fierce opponent of McCarthyism. But Wilkinson was by...
Jan 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Senators Should Press Alito on Bush v. Gore Senators Should Press Alito on Bush v. Gore
When the Senate Judiciary Committee begins questioning Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito this week, Americans will again be reminded of the limitations of the confirmation proces...
Jan 9, 2006 / John Nichols
On Pat Robertson and Divided You Fall from Grace On Pat Robertson and Divided You Fall from Grace
Pat Robertson's God sure has been angry of late, smiting on a scale not seen since Sodom and Gomorrah. First, the Lord collapsed the Twin Towers because of homosexuals, then drown...
Jan 9, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel