November Surprise? November Surprise?
The US-backed special tribunal in Baghdad signalled Monday that it will likely delay a verdict in thefirst trial of Saddam Hussein to November 5. Why hasn't the mainstream mediac...
Oct 17, 2006 / The Nation
Retail Workers Fight Back Retail Workers Fight Back
Yesterday, more than 200 Wal-Mart workers held a demonstration in front of a Wal-Mart store in Hialeah Gardens, Florida. In the first significant protest ever organized by Wal-Mar...
Oct 17, 2006 / The Nation
Nuclear Illogic Nuclear Illogic
Twenty years ago this month the world might have taken a different course. On October 11, 1986, at the Reykjavik Summit, Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan entertained the idea t...
Oct 16, 2006 / The Nation
Former Regime Criminals or the Resistance? Former Regime Criminals or the Resistance?
Here's how the President described the enemy in Iraq at his press conference last week. "The violence is being caused by a combination of terrorists, elements of former regime cri...
Oct 16, 2006 / The Nation
Africa’s Poor Had The Best Week Ever Africa’s Poor Had The Best Week Ever
[Correction, 11/2/06: The percentage that AmEx Red donates to the Global Fund was incorrectly reported. See my note in paragraph 8.] Africa's poor had, like, the best week ever. ...
Oct 16, 2006 / The Nation
What Garbage Tells Us about Iraq What Garbage Tells Us about Iraq
Every now and then, a set of figures buried in some newspaper piece just jumps out and grabs you by the throat. When we talk about the situation in Iraq, it's usually about the p...
Oct 14, 2006 / The Nation
Advocacy for Sale Advocacy for Sale
Armstrong Williams. Maggie Gallagher. Doug Bandow. All of these people accepted money from the Bush Administration or big business, never disclosed it and then claimed to be indep...
Oct 13, 2006 / The Nation
James Baker’s Iraq James Baker’s Iraq
Americans, wherever they may actually stand, love to present themselves as in the moderate middle of any debate, just as politicians regularly gravitate toward the "center," no ma...
Oct 13, 2006 / The Nation
Paranoia Strikes Deep Paranoia Strikes Deep
Okay, I admit it. As the election approaches, I amfeeling a creepy sense of paranoia. My right brain reads the newspapers,studies the polls and thinks we are looking at a blow-out...
Oct 12, 2006 / The Nation
Give Peace a Vote Give Peace a Vote
Here's why I've always loved Willie Nelson's music and message: "Give Peace a Vote" October 11 , 2006
Oct 12, 2006 / The Nation