Exiting Iraq Is Easier Than They Say

Getting out of Iraq responsibly isn't the impossible feat war supporters would have you think.

Chris Toensing

Join the Fight to End Junk Mail

It takes a lot of work, but it's possible to go green. Start with stopping your junk mail.

Annabelle Gurwitch

The New Yorker cartoon controversy

The Nation has a long history of publishing images even some of our staunchest fans find offensive. Just ask our cartoonists.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Term Limits: Our National Obsession With Late-Term Abortion

The debate over late-term abortion has lasted long enough. It's a phony issue designed to undermine our trust in women.

Jessica Arons

Hold China Accountable on Darfur

Don't let Olympic fever obscure the role China plays in the Sudanese government's reign of terror, rape and killing.

Ruth Messinger and Jerry Fowler

Pentagon Fights Peace Majorities in US and Iraq

The electorates in both countries are threatening to topple the principal warmakers at the ballot box.

Tom Hayden

The Iraqi Oil Ministry’s New Fave Five

Mainstream media should consider these leads as they change gears from no-comment to hot-pursuit when it comes to the story of Iraq's most sought after commodity.

Nick Turse

Jesse Helms, American Bigot

In death it's easy to dismiss Jesse Helms as a colorful buffoon or a relic of the bad old days of segregation and sexism, but that doesn't do his bigotry justice.

Lisa Duggan

Barack at Risk

Barack Obama could put his entire candidacy at risk if his audacity on the war in Iraq continues to shrivel.

Tom Hayden

Bush’s Last Chance on Climate

At the G-8 Summit, he can help bear the brunt of climate damage caused by the developing world. But don't hold your breath.

Janet Redman

Catholic Worker at 75

The movement she inspired--passionate, pacifist and siding with the scorned--is seventy-five and going strong.

Colman McCarthy

Impeach Bush Now

If we don't act now, future generations will see that a weapon intended to defend the rule of law grew rusty and unusable on our watch.

Elizabeth Holtzman

Noted.

Civil liberties, at home and abroad; saving Jeff Wood from Texas's death row.

The Editors

Supreme Politics

The Supreme Court's final rulings remind us that civil rights and a sane vision of the Constitution rest with the next President's judicial appointments.

The Editors

Fizzling on FISA

Obama and other Senate Democrats should not let a lame-duck Administration compromise our liberties in the name of pursuing terrorists.

The Editors

Tough Love for Bankers

Our current financial disaster is the real legacy of the Reagan Revolution. So why don't we let the deregulated banking industry sink or swim?

Robert Scheer

IndyMac Crash: Portrait of a Panic

America is shaken by images of panicked customers lined up to withdraw money from the failed IndyMac Bank.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Can NASCAR Be Saved From Itself?

For the last decade, NASCAR has tried to shed its legacy as a sport indelibly linked to the confederate flag.

Dave Zirin

Taiwan Declares Peace on China

You can't trust the Chinese. I don't care if you're talking about those communists on the mainland or the other guys on Taiwan; they just won't follow the wargames script that our ...

Robert Scheer

Grand Theft Hoops: The Stealing of the Sonics

Two Oklahoma corporate raiders have stolen one of Seattle's most beloved sports franchises with an unlikely accomplice, the NBA's commissioner, David Stern.

Dave Zirin

Talking Points for an Energy Crisis

Now that rising gas prices and plummeting sales of gas hog vehicles has gotten everyone's attention, let's talk about a long-term plan.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Disaster Capitalists Reap Profits

As the planet is rocked by multiple shocks, here's a look at how disaster capitalists are reaping the benefits--leveraging the Iraq War, the push for arctic drilling and the global...

Naomi Klein

Who’s Afraid of Judy Maccabee?

Women increasingly are taking leadership roles in Jewish life--and that's a problem?

Katha Pollitt

The Persecution of Sami Al-Arian

The US government's shameful auto-da-fé of Sami Al-Arian enters a new phase.

Alexander Cockburn

Top McCain Aide Says That Another Terrorist Attack on the US Would Be to McCain’s Advantage in the Election

Calvin Trillin

Flyboy McPlane!

Thrills and spills in a dogfight over Washington!

Robert Grossman

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