The Invisible Earthquake The Invisible Earthquake
The situation in Pakistan is so bad that the United Nations today urged NATO countries to stage a huge and immediate airlift to get life-saving supplies to earthquake victims. Te...
Oct 21, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Sweet Victory Update: Cleaning Up Cosmetics Sweet Victory Update: Cleaning Up Cosmetics
Months ago, we celebrated the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' impressive drive to eliminate toxic ingredients from beauty products. Due to an FDA loophole, which exempts personal ca...
Oct 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage
Today's edition of the New York Times devoted exactly one sentence (on page A18) to one of the most important news stories of the day. "No Rise in Minimum Wage," the headline read...
Oct 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Case Against Cheney Case Against Cheney
Well, of course, the investigation of who leaked CIA agent Valerie Plame's name -- violating the federal law that bars the "outing" of intelligence operatives -- has come around t...
Oct 18, 2005 / John Nichols
Owensboro (and Elizabethtown), Kentucky Owensboro (and Elizabethtown), Kentucky
Maybe two people I met in Owensboro, Kentucky this past weekend knew who Judith Miller was. And on Sunday, when I left town, the local paper devoted far more space to listing the ...
Oct 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George Bush Gives Up George Bush Gives Up
George Bush has given up. We should have seen this coming. During the first debate of the fall 2004 campaign, a weary and frustrated Bush repeatedly referred to how the presidenc...
Oct 16, 2005 / John Nichols
A Vote Against Torture A Vote Against Torture
Last week the US Senate voted overwhelmingly (90-9) to stand solidly against torture. The amendment, introduced by Senator John McCain (R-AZ), calls for prisoners and detainees to...
Oct 13, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Innocent Voices Innocent Voices
When Oscar Torres saw a Venezuelan band perform the song "Casas de carton" ("cardboard houses") in 2001, he knew that he wanted to "write something about the song" that he remembe...
Oct 12, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s The Matter With What’s The Matter With Kansas What’s The Matter With What’s The Matter With Kansas
I'm a Tom Frank fan. I think he's a wonderful and passionate writer. But, now a respected political scientist is arguing that the "Great Backlash" Frank chronicled in his last boo...
Oct 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Anti-Bush in the Afterlife Anti-Bush in the Afterlife
Sally Baron is not alone in the afterlife. The Wisconsin woman whose August, 2003, obituary created a nation sensation with Americans who had come to resent George W. Bush's disr...
Oct 10, 2005 / John Nichols