House Republicans Shred Constitution With Backdoor Proposal of Permanent War House Republicans Shred Constitution With Backdoor Proposal of Permanent War
They've added a provision to the defense spending bill outlining a permanent "Authorization for Use of Military Force."
May 11, 2011 / John Nichols
On Civil Liberties, War, Crony Capitalism: Ron Paul Is Saying Some Things Democrats Should Be Saying On Civil Liberties, War, Crony Capitalism: Ron Paul Is Saying Some Things Democrats Should Be Saying
Paul is wrong about a lot of things. But his willingness to defend civil liberties without apology, to criticize dictators and the US policies that support them, to call for b...
Feb 14, 2011 / John Nichols
Mourning Gabe Zimmerman Mourning Gabe Zimmerman
Remembering the progressive aide to Gabrielle Giffords who died in the attack in Tucson, Arizona.
Feb 1, 2011 / Josh Nathan-Kazis
To Do List for 2011: Join, March, Organize and Write for Detente, Diplomacy, Disarmament To Do List for 2011: Join, March, Organize and Write for Detente, Diplomacy, Disarmament
Veteran peace campaigner Lee Brown, dead at age 80, is best honored by maintaining her ardent activism in a new year with plenty of old challenges.
Jan 2, 2011 / John Nichols
What Elizabeth Edwards Did for the Antiwar Movement What Elizabeth Edwards Did for the Antiwar Movement
When one of the most prominent women in America embraced Cindy Sheehan's demand that George Bush listen to antiwar voices, it mattered.
Dec 8, 2010 / John Nichols
Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy
Thirty years after the singer's death, The Nation's Jon Wiener asks: how did John Lennon make the transition from pop icon to political figure?
Dec 6, 2010 / Press Room
Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy
Thirty years after the singer's death, The Nation's Jon Wiener asks: how did John Lennon make the transition from pop icon to political figure?
Dec 6, 2010 / CNN
War Is a Lie War Is a Lie
With a groundbreaking new book, veteran antiwar activist David Swanson argues that: "The oil in the [war] machine is lies. The monkey wrench we can throw into the gears is pu...
Nov 23, 2010 / John Nichols
Losing the War’s Beginning Losing the War’s Beginning
War seems simply to be the way it is. We have always been at war in Afghanistan. We will always be at war in Afghanistan. Or maybe Pakistan. Or both.
Oct 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Fatima Bhutto’s Search for Justice Fatima Bhutto’s Search for Justice
Fatima Bhutto, standing where her father was killed by police in Pakistan, on how her memoir was the only way to seek justice for the violence done to her family.
Sep 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation