The Trials of Tony Blair The Trials of Tony Blair
LONDON -- George Bush's favorite European is having a hard time emulating the American president's strategy of exploiting the war on terror for political gain. British Prime Mini...
Mar 15, 2005 / John Nichols
Sweet Victory: Yo Quiero Justice! Sweet Victory: Yo Quiero Justice!
On Tuesday, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers scored aprecedent-setting victory for America's beleaguered farm workers. After three years of a CIW-led boycott against Taco Bell,...
Mar 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant
At a time when we need accountability more than ever in Washington, when corruption and ethical violations are sweeping our capital, we must turn to groups like Citizens for Respo...
Mar 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is Bush Ready for Real Democracy? Is Bush Ready for Real Democracy?
George Bush seems to want to be the president not of the United States but of the world. Indeed, since his reelection in November, Bush has made foreign policy – a subject abou...
Mar 9, 2005 / John Nichols
GM Chair for National Healthcare? GM Chair for National Healthcare?
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., chairman and chief executive of General Motors, is urging business and federal and state government leaders to find what the Washington Post described asÂ...
Mar 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Roosevelt vs. Bush Roosevelt vs. Bush
President Bush is losing his fight to privatize Social Security. Even his own allies, such as House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., are warning the president that he cannot force...
Mar 5, 2005 / John Nichols
Sweet Victories Sweet Victories
Since starting Editor's Cut in April 2003, I've often written about how it can be difficult, in these times, to maintain a sense of hope--as corruption, war, lies and injustices l...
Mar 3, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Antiwar Events Coast to Coast Antiwar Events Coast to Coast
Yesterday we featured the peace concert being planned by Nation reader and bassist Brandon Kwiatek in Allentown, Pennsylvania on March 19, which will conclude a series of antiwar ...
Mar 3, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Vermont Votes No to War Vermont Votes No to War
Congress may not be prepared to hold an honest debate on when and how the United States should exit the Iraq imbroglio, but the town meetings of rural Vermont are not so constrain...
Mar 2, 2005 / John Nichols
“I Am Free–To Think–To Speak” “I Am Free–To Think–To Speak”
In a series of extraordinary speeches, Senator Robert Byrd, a longtime historian of the Senate, has persistently sounded the alarm about imperial executive power. He has unflinchi...
Mar 2, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel