August’s Big Pharma Scandals August’s Big Pharma Scandals
August may be a slow news month, but not for stories about what's wrong with the drug industry. In just one recent week, the New York Times published three articles that exposed w...
Aug 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sheehan Protest Grows Sheehan Protest Grows
Candlelight vigils calling for an end to the war in Iraq got underway Wednesday night in a national effort spurred by one mother's antiwar demonstration in Crawford, Texas, outsid...
Aug 18, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Cindy Sheehan’s Tragic Critics Cindy Sheehan’s Tragic Critics
While debating conservative pundit David Horowitz on Ron Reagan's MSNBC show the other night, I was struck by the desperation with which supporters of the war have turned their fu...
Aug 17, 2005 / John Nichols
People’s Petition for a Way Out of Iraq People’s Petition for a Way Out of Iraq
A campaign is being launched this week by a host of groups including Progressive Democrats of America, Peace Action and others to demand an exit strategy from Iraq. A central part...
Aug 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Here’s the PLAN Here’s the PLAN
One need not be a student of Tom DeLay's dirty dealings to recognize that the corruption of Washington is very nearly complete. Occupied by a president and vice president who are ...
Aug 15, 2005 / John Nichols
Sweet Victory: Woolsey Says No to Nukes Sweet Victory: Woolsey Says No to Nukes
This past weekend, thousands of activists gathered at Los Alamos and other prominent nuclear facilities across the country to mark the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings of J...
Aug 12, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The President’s Vacation From Reality The President’s Vacation From Reality
George Bush is on vacation in Crawford, Texas, taking the same August-long break that he did in the summer before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Cent...
Aug 11, 2005 / John Nichols
Support Cindy Sheehan–UPDATED Support Cindy Sheehan–UPDATED
There are many reasons why Cindy Sheehan is attracting a flood of media attention. The mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, Sheehan is camping out near President Bush's ranch in Cr...
Aug 10, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Religion and the Left Religion and the Left
Last month, Rabbi Michael Lerner--the founding editor of Tikkun magazine--convened a Conference on Spiritual Activism in Berkeley. It was there that he launched a new organization...
Aug 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hillary Clinton Lucks Out Hillary Clinton Lucks Out
New York Senator Hillary Clinton has always looked like a good bet to win re-election in 2006--probably by a margin wide enough to jumpstart the 2008 presidential campaign that ma...
Aug 9, 2005 / John Nichols