Single Women Against Bush Single Women Against Bush
A new report recently highlighted in Ruy Teixeira's valuable Public Opinion Watch shows that one of the bright spots for the Democrats in the 2004 election was their performance a...
Feb 6, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Disunited Opposition to Gonzales Disunited Opposition to Gonzales
Much was said in the Senate during the debate over the nomination of Alberto Gonzales. But it fell to the two senators with the most powerful records of upholding the Constitution...
Feb 4, 2005 / John Nichols
Defending the Dream Defending the Dream
Join The Nation, Domini Social Investments and Working Assets in supporting this weekend's Responsible Wealth Conference and Lobby Day in Washington, DC, taking place from Februar...
Feb 2, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Rebuke Gonzales and Torture Rebuke Gonzales and Torture
There is not much chance that the full Senate will block the nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to serve as Attorney General. But, as the vote approaches, critics ...
Feb 2, 2005 / John Nichols
Deeds, Not Words Deeds, Not Words
In his State of the Union address tomorrow night, we can expect Bush to riff on a familiar theme: the onward march of "freedom." When it comes to this President though, watch the ...
Feb 1, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iraq: Images vs. Reality Iraq: Images vs. Reality
The images of Iraqis crowding polling places for that country's first free election in a half century were both moving and hopeful. The voting, while marred by violence, irregular...
Feb 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Dean Does NYC Dean Does NYC
Howard Dean was in NYC this weekend for the last of the candidate forums for DNC chair before the party's final meeting from February 10 to 12th. On Saturday he spoke to New York'...
Jan 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Occupation Thwarts Democracy Occupation Thwarts Democracy
Under pressure from the Bush Administration, political parties campaigning in this weekend's so-called "election" in Iraq did not proposed timetables for the withdrawal of US troo...
Jan 29, 2005 / John Nichols
Clean Elections in Maine Clean Elections in Maine
Thanks to Michael Sylvester, the executive director of Common Cause in Maine, for his letter clarifying some key features of his state's revoutionary Clean Elections Act. I'm ple...
Jan 29, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop the Violence Stop the Violence
As the violence in Iraq escalates ahead of Sunday's national elections, there are disturbing reports of intimidation, death threats and murders specifically targeting members of t...
Jan 27, 2005 / Peter Rothberg