The Notion

Should Mothers Work Fulltime? Should Mothers Work Fulltime?

Oh dear, the bell's been rung on another round of the Mommy Wars. According to a new Pew survey, more Americans think mothers shouldn't work full time, and more mothers think tha...

Jul 18, 2007 / E.J. Graff

Sleepless in the Senate Sleepless in the Senate

Matthew Blake reports from Capitol Hill: Full disclosure: this humble reporter left the Capitol at 1 am but continued watching on C-Span until 2:30 am before nodding off. The Sena...

Jul 18, 2007 / Ari Berman

Don’t Fence in the Web! Don’t Fence in the Web!

The genius of the Internet, from the distant moment of its inception to the present day, has been its tendency toward openness, freedom and equality. On the great frontier of digit...

Jul 18, 2007 / John Nichols

Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq

The conservative movement has cracked apart. If any more evidencewas needed, check out Editor & Publisher's website for an articleabout Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper and it...

Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Deconstructing the Benchmarks Deconstructing the Benchmarks

Last week the Bush Administration announced that the Iraqi government had made "satisfactory" progress on just 8 of the 18 benchmarks the Administration and Congress set ...

Jul 17, 2007 / Ari Berman

Unjust Execution Delayed Unjust Execution Delayed

Guest post by Liliana Segura. Liliana is a member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and has written on the death penalty for The Nation and other publications. UPDATE: This...

Jul 16, 2007 / Ari Berman

Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson

Sectarian extremists invaded the U.S. Senate chamber Thursday, chanting "There's only one true God" and denouncing religious pluralism as an "abomination." The...

Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols

FEMA: Still F’d Up FEMA: Still F’d Up

Written and Reported by Matthew Blake Gulf Coast residents who've witnessed the incompetence of FEMA might find dark humor in the federal agency's unifying effect. Democratic and ...

Jul 12, 2007 / Ari Berman

Taylor Testifies—Sort Of Taylor Testifies—Sort Of

The news was that there was no news. She showed up and testified--but in the end former White House political director Sara Taylor didn't--or couldn't--say much. Again and again ...

Jul 11, 2007 / Ari Berman

Pax Pelosi Pax Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has demonstrated admirable shrewdness in the fight she provoked with her own Democrats over approving new trade agreements for George W. Bush. She backed...

Jul 11, 2007 / William Greider

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