Anna Politkovskaya’s Legacy Anna Politkovskaya’s Legacy
One year ago, the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered. The fearless, crusading journalist for Russia's leading opposition newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, was just 48 year...
Oct 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clinton Says Bush Needs Congressional OK for Iran War Clinton Says Bush Needs Congressional OK for Iran War
New York Senator Hillary Clinton, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, will never be accused of being an anti-war firebrand when it comes to Ir...
Oct 4, 2007 / John Nichols
GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate
Idaho Senate Larry Craig is fast becoming the inconvenient truth of Capitol Hill. The senator who first said he would resign after pleading guilty to charges related to an alleged...
Oct 3, 2007 / John Nichols
Mellencamp’s ‘Jena’ Mellencamp’s ‘Jena’
To steal a line from an Indiana blogger, with James Brown dead, John Mellencamp may now be the hardest working man in show business. The early fall saw him headlining Farm Aid, op...
Oct 2, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Obama and Edwards Get It on Nukes Obama and Edwards Get It on Nukes
Today, Senator Barack Obama will propose setting a goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in the world. This proposal should be be celebrated. It is a sign of Obama's commitment ...
Oct 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s Kennedy Vibe Obama’s Kennedy Vibe
What should be at least as intriguing about Obama's campaign as its largesse is the conscious effort by the candidate and his aides to grasp for another form of political gold: the...
Oct 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Shifting Targets Shifting Targets
Last week, the Senate -- via the Kyl-Lieberman Senate resolution -- handed the Bush Administration a close-to-blank check for military strikes against Iran. The resolution accuses...
Oct 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rally for Myanmar Rally for Myanmar
The latest reports from Myanmar say that soldiers are blockading Buddhist shrines and authorities are restricting phone and Internet access, as the military leadership appears at ...
Sep 30, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War
The Senate agreed on Thursday to increase the federal debt limit by $850 billion -- from $8.965 trillion to $9.815 trillion -- and then proceeded to approve a stop-gap spending bi...
Sep 28, 2007 / John Nichols
Ending War for Profit Ending War for Profit
Based on the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard public finance lecturer Linda J. Bilmes, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) recently d...
Sep 27, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel