Remembering Dr. King Remembering Dr. King
Since 1865, when it was founded by abolitionists, The Nation has believed in the liberating power of truth, of conviction, of conscience, and of fighting for causes lost and found...
Jan 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Smithfield Shames Dr. King Smithfield Shames Dr. King
Workers at the world's largest pork plant say they will either skip work or walk out in protest on Monday at the company's denial of their request for a day off with pay on the na...
Jan 13, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Taking on Reconstruction Corruption Taking on Reconstruction Corruption
In presenting his plan for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq this week, current Representative and now Presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich, noted that "after the first Gulf Wa...
Jan 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Handing Bush the Bully Pulpit Handing Bush the Bully Pulpit
It is all well and good to celebrate the cautious baby steps being taken by Congress to reassert itself as a check and balance upon the executive-branch excesses of the monarchica...
Jan 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Dr. King and the Media Dr. King and the Media
MEMPHIS -- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose legacy has been celebrated this weekend in Memphis by National Conference for Media Reform speakers such as Bill Moyers, the ...
Jan 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Surge Into A Quagmire Surge Into A Quagmire
In a sober address to the nation Wednesday night, President Bush confirmed his determination to surge the United States military deeper into the Iraq quagmire by sending roughly 2...
Jan 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Iraq Protests Planned Nationwide Iraq Protests Planned Nationwide
As John Nichols reports in The Online Beat, White House counselor Dan Bartlett has told the press that President Bush will announce tonight that he plans to commit an additional 2...
Jan 10, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Rush to Surge The Rush to Surge
It has been an open secret for weeks that President Bush would reject the message of the American people from the November 7 elections, along with the advice of savvy military str...
Jan 10, 2007 / John Nichols
The Senator Who Will Not Surge The Senator Who Will Not Surge
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, are trying to figure out how to respond to the to the expected presidential proposal for...
Jan 9, 2007 / John Nichols
Surge Homeward Surge Homeward
Peace groups and members of Congress are crafting creative ideas to counter a Commander-in-Chief who misled us into a catastrophic conflict and now proposes to escalate the war i...
Jan 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel