A Devil’s Dictionary of Business A Devil’s Dictionary of Business
Had your fill of spin and flimflam about the greatness of corporate America? Here's the real truth about money, high finance and low, commerce, clever tricks, globalism and globalo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
Gingrich-izing Public Broadcasting Gingrich-izing Public Broadcasting
On September 26, the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting elected its new chairperson and vice-chairperson, and the eight-member board--which co...
Sep 27, 2005 / David Corn
When ‘Connected’ means ‘Corrupted’ When ‘Connected’ means ‘Corrupted’
The hurricane-driven windfalls for GOP-connected businesses continues, and so do the scandals of widespread corruption among George Bush's cronies. And the rest of us are played fo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Roberts’s Queer Reasoning on AIDS Roberts’s Queer Reasoning on AIDS
When John G. Roberts Jr. counseled President Ronald Reagan on AIDS policies, did he willfully perpetuate the myth that AIDS can be spread by casual contact?
Sep 26, 2005 / Feature / David W. Webber
“Well-Intentioned”–And Arrested (UPDATED) “Well-Intentioned”–And Arrested (UPDATED)
Amid chants of "Arrest Bush," hundreds of antiwar activists participated in a peaceful but boisterous sit-in outside the White House Monday, as part of a day of protests that saw ...
Sep 26, 2005 / John Nichols
Why Bush is Wrong on Poverty Why Bush is Wrong on Poverty
In his September 15 speech to the nation, President Bush asserted that poverty in America is mostly restricted to the nation's Southern states.Like a lot of right-wing ideologues ...
Sep 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Make Levees, Not War Make Levees, Not War
New Orleans was top-of-mind for more than 100,000 peace advocates in Washington who delivered a clear and unified message, protesting the Bush Administration's war in Iraq and its ...
Sep 25, 2005 / Liza Featherstone
Devastation in Galveston (1900) Devastation in Galveston (1900)
More than 7,000 people perished in a hurricane that swept the Texas coast on September 13, 1900. In two unsigned dispatches, The Nation described the scene. September 13 and Septem...
Sep 25, 2005 / The Nation
Marching for Withdrawal (UPDATED) Marching for Withdrawal (UPDATED)
(The verdict is in! Scroll below for an update on the St. Patrick's Day Four trial.) Tens of thousands of protesters rallied on Saturday in Washington and other US and European c...
Sep 25, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
“Victory Means Exit Strategy” “Victory Means Exit Strategy”
It's anti-war quiz time. Who made the following statement: "I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This adm...
Sep 24, 2005 / John Nichols