Nation Notes

We're proud to announce that Stuart Klawans, The Nation's film critic since 1988, has received the 2007 National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism. The NMA jud...

The Editors

Dems Tangled in Netroots

Working For Us, a new coalition of unions and Internet activists, seeks to reform the Democratic Party from the ground up.

Ari Melber

The Chutzpah Industry

Alan Dershowitz is at it again, campaigning to deny tenure to a DePaul University professor who criticized him.

Jon Wiener

Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy

Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

George Tenet’s Evasions

His new memoir proves how hard it is to tell the truth about oneself, but how easy it is to blame others.

David Corn

Showdown on the War

Despite the Administration's crude and dishonest attacks on efforts to end the war, Congressional Democrats can't back down now.

The Editors

Scenes From Hell

An apocalyptic vision of the Bush Administration, from Houston artist Lynn Randolph.

Lynn Randolph

Better to Be a Chimpanzee

To qualify for charity, a homeless Austrian chimp has petitioned the courts to be granted human status. If he wins, expect a surge of humans going over to the other side.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Disseminate Information, Protect Democracy

Unless the US Postal Service reverses its steep increases in bulk-mailing rates to favor large corporate publishers, the future of small magazines is grim.

Teresa Stack

Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker

Calvin Trillin

The Post-Imus Conundrum

Liberals prefer to ignore that when it comes to verbal violence, white radio shock jocks are given the same pass as gangsta rappers.

Eric Alterman

The Scum Also Rises

How else to explain why arrogant incompetents like Paul Wolfowitz rose to power in the Bush Administration?

Robert Scheer

Uncle Sam Adds Insult to Injury

Needham, Mass.

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