French Voters Rewrite History French Voters Rewrite History
Since the close of the Cold War, apologists for corporate arrogance and irresponsibility have argued that the world has reached an "end of history" moment when there can no longer...
May 31, 2005 / John Nichols
Vigilante Pharmacy Vigilante Pharmacy
Recently, some pharmacists across the country have refused to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception and other birth control pills. Why? They argue that the pills are in c...
May 31, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Bloggers of Iran Bloggers of Iran
Did you know that on the eve of the Iranian presidential election, that country--with 70 percent of its population under 30--has 75,000 bloggers? I find that pretty stunning--and ...
May 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Electoral Reform is On the March Sweet Victory: Electoral Reform is On the March
Electoral reform is on the march. Burlington, Vermont, the state's biggest city, recently adopted instant runoff voting for its 2006 mayoral elections. On May 18th, Portland, Or...
May 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Blackmailed Onto the Court Blackmailed Onto the Court
Thanks to the compromise agreement made possible by seven Democrats who collaborated with Republicans to end the Senate impasse over judicial nominations, Priscilla Owen will now ...
May 25, 2005 / John Nichols
M.A.D. About You M.A.D. About You
When the Republicans thought they were going to win the filibuster fight, they tried to change the term of art from "nuclear option" to "constitutional option." The GOP's lexicogr...
May 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Standing Against Genocide Standing Against Genocide
On May 18th, the Illinois State Assembly passed a bill to prevent the State Treasurer from investing in companies doing business in Sudan. This requires the selling off of about ...
May 25, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Bad Deal on Judges Bad Deal on Judges
As the showdown on the so-called "nuclear option" approached, polls showed that the American people opposed scheming on the part of Senate GOP leaders to eliminate judicial filibu...
May 24, 2005 / John Nichols
Cowboy Cheers Cowboy Cheers
Flouting the fact that Pat Robertson thinks the "activist" (Republican-sponsored and approved) judiciary is the worst threat America faces, the moralistic majority in the Texas le...
May 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wal-Mart Avarice Wal-Mart Avarice
Kudos to veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer for lambasting the New York Times for its "paean" to Wal-Mart heir Alice Walton, and taking aim at Wal-Mart's "systematic ob...
May 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel