The Notion

Tunnel Vision Tunnel Vision

Mr Rumsfeld: ARE we safer, more secure today? NO. Look around the world. You can--once again--pull out that tired page from your playbook and try to divert attention from this adm...

Aug 30, 2006 / The Nation

EPA To New Orleans: Relax! EPA To New Orleans: Relax!

On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we're not hearing much about the "toxic gumbo" -- a term reportedly first coined by reporter Ron Nixon, who has written for The N...

Aug 28, 2006 / The Nation

Course Correction Course Correction

. The New York Times carried a very important news story today asits front-page lead. It revealed in devastating detail how Americanworkers have lost ground on wage incomes dur...

Aug 28, 2006 / The Nation

Right is Left in Connecticut Right is Left in Connecticut

Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays, a Republican, is to the left of Joe Lieberman on Iraq. A longstanding hawk on the war, Shays announced yesterday that the US should set a timetable ...

Aug 25, 2006 / The Nation

Doing the Right Thing Doing the Right Thing

One year after Katrina, another hurricane season is upon us, this time as a flurry of "anniversary" specials, documentaries, packaged articles, book anthologies and multimedia web...

Aug 25, 2006 / The Nation

Plan B: A Semi-Sweet Victory Plan B: A Semi-Sweet Victory

The Food and Drug Administration finally approved over-the-counter sales of the "morning-after pill." Sweet victory, right? Not exactly. The approval is only for women ages 18 ...

Aug 25, 2006 / The Nation

Wal-Mart’s Rainbow Connection Wal-Mart’s Rainbow Connection

Citing Sam Walton's legacy, and vowing to shop elsewhere, a coalition of grass-roots organizations -- with a broad base of support -- is furious with Wal-Mart. That's, of course, ...

Aug 25, 2006 / The Nation

An Optimistic Voice in Israel An Optimistic Voice in Israel

Israel's military defeat in Lebanon has created new opportunities for peace – that's what Israeli Knesset member and peace movement leader Yossi Beilin t...

Aug 25, 2006 / Jon Wiener

Democrats for McCain Democrats for McCain

It was only a matter of time before some Democrats began jumping ship to join the all-but-announced McCain for President campaign. The first casualty is Nicco Mele, the former we...

Aug 24, 2006 / The Nation

Hillary’s Opportunity Hillary’s Opportunity

The New York Times reports yesterday that some progressive Democrats are "deeply reluctant, and in some cases scared, to criticize or abandon Mrs. Clinton, who supported the invas...

Aug 24, 2006 / The Nation

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