Out of Gas Out of Gas
Before 9/11, the Bush Administration thought tax breaks and environmental deregulation would solve the energy crisis. They were wrong. Now it's time for policies that promote cons...
Sep 29, 2005 / The Editors
‘The Hammer’ Gets Hit ‘The Hammer’ Gets Hit
Tom DeLay's indictment on criminal conspiracy charges comes at a moment of acute public awareness of the culture of corruption the GOP has created. What happens next is up to the D...
Sep 28, 2005 / Ari Berman
Make Levees, Not War Make Levees, Not War
New Orleans was top-of-mind for more than 100,000 peace advocates in Washington who delivered a clear and unified message, protesting the Bush Administration's war in Iraq and its ...
Sep 25, 2005 / Liza Featherstone
Devastation in Galveston (1900) Devastation in Galveston (1900)
More than 7,000 people perished in a hurricane that swept the Texas coast on September 13, 1900. In two unsigned dispatches, The Nation described the scene. September 13 and Septem...
Sep 25, 2005 / The Nation
The Roberts Converts The Roberts Converts
The political chess match between the White House and Senate Democrats over the future of the Supreme Court took on new complexity as three Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Commit...
Sep 23, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
Sturm und Drang Sturm und Drang
As political parties in Germany dance toward a coalition following the stalemated elections, the country is in for a turbulent month--and new elections are a serious option.
Sep 22, 2005 / Norman Birnbaum
Talks Without End Talks Without End
An agreement between the United States and North Korea resolving longstanding differences on nuclear weapons and energy programs at first was cause for celebration. But in fact, no...
Sep 22, 2005 / Jonathan Schell
Pinochet’s Week In Court Pinochet’s Week In Court
Chile's Supreme Court handed Augusto Pinochet both a victory and a blow with its recent rulings on Operation Columbo and Operation Condor.
Sep 22, 2005 / Peter Kornbluh
The Perils of UN Reform The Perils of UN Reform
Long-awaited reform efforts at the United Nations have fallen far short of Kofi Annan's original vision. But despite John Bolton's antagonism, there has been progress.
Sep 22, 2005 / Stephen Schlesinger
‘One Nation, Fragmented’ ‘One Nation, Fragmented’
It took a Gulf Coast hurricane to make Americans aware of the poverty in their own backyard. Now it's time for public policies that end racial segregation, so that the poor in this...
Sep 22, 2005 / Eyal Press