The Abramoff Effect The Abramoff Effect
The controversy surrounding conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff is creating headaches for red-state and swing-state Republicans and opportunities for Democrats to turn a national ...
Dec 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Anatomy of a Victory Anatomy of a Victory
George W. Bush's plan to privatize Social Security is dead, thanks to a remarkable mobilization by progressive groups. Much can be learned from the way The Campaign for America's F...
Dec 1, 2005 / The Editors
Pelosi Sides With Murtha For Withdrawal Pelosi Sides With Murtha For Withdrawal
The big news on any day when President Bush delivers a "major address" regarding Iraq is never what the commander-in-chief says. Bush has been on autopilot for so long now that he...
Dec 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Overcoming Apartheid Overcoming Apartheid
Apartheid education is alive in America and rapidly increasing in hyper-segregated inner-city schools. And though it's now fashionable for policy-makers to declare integration a fa...
Dec 1, 2005 / Feature / Jonathan Kozol
Titans of Trash Titans of Trash
Gas-guzzling SUVs take a lot of blame, but landfills make stealthy stealthy contributions to climate change. While they should be developing innovative waste disposal strategies, c...
Nov 30, 2005 / Feature / Heather Rogers
Can the Democrats Win the Ground War at Home? Can the Democrats Win the Ground War at Home?
Progressive groups that mobilized for the 2004 elections are now dismissed as failures. But though they were unable to defeat Bush, grassroots activists are creating waves across t...
Nov 30, 2005 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Letters Letters
BUSH: INDICTABLE CO-CONSPIRATOR? Aiken, SC
Nov 30, 2005 / Our Readers and Elizabeth de la Vega
Defend Free Speech on Campus Defend Free Speech on Campus
With thanks to both Nation columnist Katha Pollitt and a student from Hampton University who called me this morning and would like to remain anonymous, we wanted to alert Nation r...
Nov 30, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Studs Terkel on Music Studs Terkel on Music
Still going strong at 93, Studs Terkel has produced yet another oral history, And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey.
Nov 30, 2005 / Books & the Arts / The Nation