It Is Time For “A National Inquest” It Is Time For “A National Inquest”
In May of 1972, when then-President Richard Nixon was riding as high as he ever would politically, anti-war activists attempted to place an advertisement in The New York Times urg...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
‘We Need a Nobel Prize in Law’ ‘We Need a Nobel Prize in Law’
It's very moving to watch how Pakistan's courageous lawyers have emerged, for the second time this year, as the vanguard of resistance to the Musharraf government. Angry protest...
Nov 6, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mukasey Is (Much) Worse Than Gonzales Mukasey Is (Much) Worse Than Gonzales
George Bush's nominee to replace disgraced former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, retired Federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey, must be rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee f...
Nov 4, 2007 / John Nichols
‘A Potential Death Sentence’ ‘A Potential Death Sentence’
If the situation in Iraq is improving, as Bush and Cheney insist, why are US diplomats likening forced postings in Iraq to "a potential death sentence"? In a contentious hour-long...
Nov 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Waterboarding Justice Waterboarding Justice
Maybe it's to be expected that a Bush Administration nominee for Attorney General refuses to say whether waterboarding--an interrogation tactic that simulates drowing and that has...
Nov 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Calling the Question — In the House — on Impeaching Cheney Calling the Question — In the House — on Impeaching Cheney
Broadcast media's gate-keeping "stars" have done just about everything in their power to keep the matter of presidential accountability off the radar of the American people. That ...
Nov 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Washing His Hands of Katrina Washing His Hands of Katrina
President Bush wasted no time in using the emergency response to the California wildfires as a means of escaping culpability for his Administration from blame for its lethal non-r...
Nov 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Environmental Action Surges Environmental Action Surges
Mark Hertsgaard recently wrote in The Nation about the growing surge of environmental activism in the US. As he put it, "Washington's sluggish pace is calling forth a surge of act...
Nov 2, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Frances Moore Lappé’s Recipe for Radical Renewal Frances Moore Lappé’s Recipe for Radical Renewal
Frances Moore Lappé has, for the better part of four decades, done her very best to guide the United States toward a more rational relationship with the planet and its inhabitant...
Nov 1, 2007 / John Nichols
CPSC Not Protecting Children’s Safety CPSC Not Protecting Children’s Safety
Thirteen million toys have been recalled in the last two months due to unsafe levels of lead. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) -- the watchdog agency charged with pro...
Oct 31, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel