A Politics of the Common Good

A movement is growing that aims to build a politics of decency and sanity, which speaks to the generosity of the American people. It's not going to be easy, but it's time to rock t...

Katrina vanden Heuvel

A President Rebuked

The Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision is to Bush what the Pentagon Papers were to Nixon: a devastating rebuke of a President who thought he had a blank check and a...

Bruce Shapiro

Project Corpus Callosum

The winner of the first-ever Nation Student Writing Contest.

Sarah Stillman

Barbara Epstein

In 1963 a handful of distinguished literary intellectuals launched The New York Review of Books as an antidote to the lackluster prose and middlebrow sensibility of t...

The Editors

Harlan County Blues

Life remains cheap in the coalfields of Appalachia because of the Bush Administration's incompetence and neglect in the face of human and environmental tragedy.

Erik Reece

Chilling the Press

Did the New York Times violate the Espionage Act by publishing reports of government secret spying program? A controversial essay in Commentary has provided intellect...

Scott Sherman

American Patriots

Here's a salute to America's true patriots: librarians on the frontlines of free inquiry, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and peace activists across the nation.

The Editors

We Don’t Believe in Politics

If teenagers can't figure out how to participate meaningfully in politics, they will have lost their voice, impact and power.

Camila Domonoske

Atrophy of the Well

Few of us can now imagine a world without freshwater, but look to the future, when the scarcity of this most basic commodity will profoundly change our lives.

LiAnn Yim

Wake-up Call

By adopting the principles of natural capitalism, America can regain its sanity and reverse the reckless use, overuse, waste and destruction of our natural resources.

Brie Cubelic

A Generation of Peace

"I dream of the day that our children will turn the pages of history books and look to my generation, who said no to the horrors of war and chose nonviolence over nonexistence."

Zaid Jilani

America’s Most Trusted Source of News: Ourselves

Rather than let pundits guide our public policy debates, citizens must seize the initiative and join the conversation.

Nikolas Bowie

Channeling Nixon

If Tricky Dick could tame the grizzled Mao, then certainly Bush could butter up Kim Jong Il with some of that frat boy charm. Who knows, Dearest Leader might even join Bush's shaky...

Robert Scheer

Buffet’s Billions

What Warren Buffett's gift of billions to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation lacks in imagination, it makes up for in safety. If only they had the guts to tackle the real proble...

Nicholas von Hoffman

Stop the Waffling

Democrats should take a page from the GOP playbook and back candidates willing to stand up for their values, rather than wasting their money, time and votes on those who won't.

Robert Scheer

Mommy Wars, Round 587

Antifeminists engage in moral discourse while feminists tend to speak in the language of personal choice. But what happens when choice is a bad idea--for yourself, other women or s...

Katha Pollitt

Temple of Mammon, Planet of Doom

As we head into Summer 2006, the world capitalist system is out of control.

Alexander Cockburn

Historical Note

Calvin Trillin

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