Robin Cook’s Conscience Robin Cook’s Conscience
Words such as "conscience" and "honor" have pretty much disappeared from the American political lexicon in this age of Bush Administration lies and leaks. But when the histories o...
Aug 8, 2005 / John Nichols
“Energy’s on the Anti-Iraq Side” “Energy’s on the Anti-Iraq Side”
It is not often that this column pays tribute to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. But the man who in 1994 played a pivotal role in putting the Republican Party in control of bo...
Aug 5, 2005 / John Nichols
Extend the Voting Rights Act Extend the Voting Rights Act
Saturday, August 6, marks the fortieth anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's signing into law of the Voting Rights Act, considered by many to be the most comprehensive civil r...
Aug 5, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Defending the Voting Rights Act Defending the Voting Rights Act
NAACP Convention SpeechRev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.July 12, 2005 To Chairman Julian Bond, a legendary force in the last half of the 20th century, whose work, vision and sacrifice, ...
Aug 5, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Sweet Victory: MM at 25 Sweet Victory: MM at 25
In an age in which corporate malfeasance abounds, too much of the mainstream media has been unaccountably lax in covering the abuses of big business. Luckily for us--and unluckily...
Aug 4, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cheney’s Deadly ‘Last Throes’ Cheney’s Deadly ‘Last Throes’
Vice President Dick Cheney, who predicted on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, that Americans would be "greeted as liberators," has in recent weeks been peddling a new line of...
Aug 3, 2005 / John Nichols
Leave No God Behind Leave No God Behind
Days after Bill Frist, the White House's choice for Senate majority leader, turned his back on religious conservatives to support federal funding for stem cell research, President...
Aug 3, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Call the President an “SOB,” Win Votes Call the President an “SOB,” Win Votes
"Two months ago, the special election race in the 2nd Congressional District, which stretches across seven southern Ohio counties, was expected to be a low-key affair, a near-auto...
Aug 3, 2005 / John Nichols
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Readers of The Nation online are used to hearing about Wal-Mart. In fact, it tends to be one of those subjects that we can't do enough on. We've been strongly supportive of effort...
Aug 2, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
The Bolton Embarrassment The Bolton Embarrassment
When the United States sought to be a true world leader, as opposed to a petulant global bully, this country's seat at the United Nations was occupied by great men and women. Cons...
Aug 1, 2005 / John Nichols