No Special Rights No Special Rights
Nonbinding this and that, deadline lah-di-dah, Bush/Cheney are going to ignore the mandate of the midterm elections and every pressure from Congress on Iraq, because Bush/Cheney k...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
Right about Iraq, Written Out of the Story Right about Iraq, Written Out of the Story
Among the missing-in-action of these last years are all those Americans who went out into the streets before the invasion of Iraq began, part of the largest global antiwar demonst...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
We’re Winning We’re Winning
There's been a lot of evidence recently that the Bush administration is causing (or perhaps amplifying) an ideological shift among the American public away from Reagan/Gingrich co...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
Crowdsourcing Elizabeth Edwards Crowdsourcing Elizabeth Edwards
John and Elizabeth Edwards' decision to continue his presidentialbid, despite learning that Ms. Edwards was diagnosed with incurablebut treatable cancer, has sparked impassioned d...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
Lying to Congress Lying to Congress
Note to future Capitol Hill witnesses: it's a crime to lie to Congress, even if you're not under oath. Stephen Griles, the former number two official at the Department of Interio...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
The Haunting Legacy of Slavery The Haunting Legacy of Slavery
Here in London, many people are making a pretty big deal out of the 200th anniversary of an act passed by Parliament in March 1807 that outlawed the involvement of British ships i...
Mar 25, 2007 / The Nation
Writer Threatened By Powerful Fanatics Writer Threatened By Powerful Fanatics
Internationally renowned writer Nawal El Saadawi, an Egyptian feminist activist, is facing harassment and threats from fundamentalist extremists in her country. Her play, "God Res...
Mar 24, 2007 / The Nation
A Principled Dissent A Principled Dissent
Of the handful of House members who cast conscience votes against further funding of the war in Iraq Friday, the most unexpected may well have been New York Democrat Michael McNul...
Mar 23, 2007 / The Nation
The GOP’s Lonely Antiwar Wing The GOP’s Lonely Antiwar Wing
We've heard a lot about how Republicans are/were uneasy about the political and policy prospects of George W. Bush's war in Iraq. But when it came time to vote on whether to set a...
Mar 23, 2007 / The Nation
House Backs Pelosi’s Iraq Spending Bill House Backs Pelosi’s Iraq Spending Bill
After weeks of bitter wrangling, the House voted Friday for Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan to attach benchmarks and an exit timeline to funding for the continuation of the Iraq War. ...
Mar 23, 2007 / The Nation