Sweet Victory: Vilsack Restores Voting Rights Sweet Victory: Vilsack Restores Voting Rights
This August marks the fortieth anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Upon sending the bill to Congress, Lyndon Johnson stated, "But even if we pass this bill, the ...
Jun 24, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Grilled Rumsfeld Anyone? Grilled Rumsfeld Anyone?
Rarely in recent years has Washington seen so dramatic a clash between the legislative and executive branches as was witnessed Thursday, when U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, D-Massch...
Jun 24, 2005 / John Nichols
Help Save PBS/NPR Help Save PBS/NPR
On June 16, the House Appropriations Committee voted to slash funding for public broadcasting by more than $200 million for 2006. The cut--which, if implemented, would affect eve...
Jun 22, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Recruiters Sink to New Lows Recruiters Sink to New Lows
During the Vietnam War, protesters burned draft cards, rallied on campuses and marched on Robert McNamara's Pentagon. Today, with the war in Iraq raging on and on, parents, teache...
Jun 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Free Aung San Suu Kyi Free Aung San Suu Kyi
In 1990, Aung San Suu Kyi was legally elected the leader of Myanmar, then named Burma. But she has spent most of the time since 1989 under some form of detention, including house ...
Jun 19, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Conyers vs. The Post Conyers vs. The Post
There is painful irony in the fact that, during the same month that the confirmation of "Deep Throat's" identity has allowed the Washington Post to relive its Watergate-era glory ...
Jun 19, 2005 / John Nichols
The Beginning of the End? The Beginning of the End?
"We see this as the beginning of the end," said Tom Andrews, a former Democratic representative from Maine who is executive director of the antiwar group Win Without War. "It's th...
Jun 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Blogging Iran Blogging Iran
Today, voters in Iran cast ballots for a new President--choosing from a field of eight candidates that includes hardline clerics and reformers. The campaign has underscored how dr...
Jun 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
From Freedom Fries to… From Freedom Fries to…
Congressman Walter Jones is a Republican from North Carolina, he voted for the war in Iraq, and he coined the term Freedom Fries. So he's obviously no peacenik, but he is the firs...
Jun 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The House of Labor…and the Future The House of Labor…and the Future
So, with the heaving sound of an old tree suddenly splitting apart in a storm, the labor movement is finally breaking up. Last weekend the SEIU executive board authorized its lead...
Jun 15, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel