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June 19, 2006 Issue

Barbara Garson ponders the consequences of pieing the President, Alexander Cockburn writes on failed hopes for Palestine, Stuart Klawans rev…

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Editorial

‘Nation’ Notes

Herman Schwartz was named by Alliance for Justice as its 2006 Champion of Justice.

The Editors

‘Tester Time’ in Montana

John Tester's populist politics and country style make him the perfect candidate to unseat Senator Conrad Burns. Next step is for the progressive Montana farmer to win the June 6 p...

John Nichols

All DeLay’s Children

Tom DeLay has left Congress, but his legacy lives on in the work of five disciples.

Ari Berman

Cellmates’ Reunion

Desperate for medical care, an ailing granny pies the President and finds a soft bed in a country club prison. It's enough to make you go out and commit a crime.

Barbara Garson

Why Haditha Matters

The Haditha massacre cannot be blamed solely on soldiers gone berserk. The Marine Corps cover-up suggests that moral damage from the Iraq War has affected more than a single debase...

The Editors

Enron Rules Still Apply

True reform in the wake of the Enron scandal means tightening the standards of corporate law so that executives who abuse their power are held accountable for their crimes.

The Editors

Column

Stooges for the Establishment

Five unrepentant media giants, complicit in the hidden agendas of government leakers, now pay the price for their unethical reporting on Wen Ho Lee.

Robert Scheer

As Others See Us

When a group of international journalists visited a small town in Maine, they made it clear that America's aggression in Iraq, its greed and the advance of pop culture are leading ...

Nicholas von Hoffman

The Rockies Pitch Religion

The Colorado Rockies recruit Christian players and claim God is at work on their game. Major League Baseball woos evangelicals with special "Faith Days at the Park." Something's go...

Dave Zirin

Palestine: It’s All Over

Israel's strategy in 1948 continues today: Make life so awful for Palestinians that most will depart, leaving a few bankrupt ghettos as memorials to the hopes for a Palestinian sta...

Alexander Cockburn

Bush Is Asked Again If He Can Recall Any Mistakes

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Taken for Granted: Ford Replies

New York City

Scott Sherman and Our Readers

Feature

Henry Paulson’s Treasury

Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO Henry Paulson faces ethical, political and economic challenges if confirmed as Bush's latest Treasury Secretary.

Nomi Prins

P-Funk Politics

As hurricane season began in earnest, Ray Nagin, who famously declared New Orleans a "chocolate city," began his second term as mayor. What better time to appreciate the way Georg...

Ned Sublette

Letter From Bolivia: Morales Moves

Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism party face two formidable foes: a far left discontented with neoliberalism and a combative rancher-based right wing.

Christian Parenti

What They’re Marching For

With or without a comprehensive immigration bill, a working-class immigrant Latino movement is emerging--allied with progressive groups--that could reverse a tide of xenophobia and...

Saurav Sarkar

A Shared Vision

The vitality of the new Latino-led immigration movement could provide the spark to jolt the civil rights movement out of its complacency and create a shared notion of an imagined f...

Salim Muwakkil

A Bronx Tale

Grassroots activists tap into the momentum of the immigrant rights movement to bring blacks and Latinos together on shared concerns.

Michelle García

Voices of a New Movimiento

As they push for immigrants rights legislation--and brace for the inevitable backlash--a diverse array of emerging leaders have their eyes on a larger prize.

Roberto Lovato

Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor

The University of California has thrown its weight behind an antisweatshop initiative on campus logowear, proof that conscientious consumers can humanize the forces of global capit...

Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum