Russia’s First Social Forum Russia’s First Social Forum
Last month, over a thousand trade unionists, human rights activists, students, miners, environmentalists, artists, left thinkers and journalists gathered on a campus in the heart ...
May 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Freedom Restored Freedom Restored
I'm delighted to report that the two teenage girls detained without charge and held in a Pennsylvania detention center for six weeks after being called would-be suicide bombers de...
May 9, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Warrior for Workers Warrior for Workers
The labor movement is not about one individual or one moment in time. It goes on, regardless. But there are some individuals who rise through the ranks of the movement at the righ...
May 8, 2005 / John Nichols
“Pork-Laden” Iraq Bill “Pork-Laden” Iraq Bill
Just when you thought it might be impossible for the Bush administration and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to stoop any lower, they have sunk to a new depth. They are now, in th...
May 6, 2005 / John Nichols
Our Loss Was Our Gain in Vietnam Our Loss Was Our Gain in Vietnam
Thirty years after the US retreat, Vietnam is a peaceful trading partner.
May 6, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
From Iran-contra to Iraq From Iran-contra to Iraq
The George W. Bush presidency has been one long rehab session for the Iran-contra scoundrels of the Reagan-Bush administration. Many infamous veterans of th...
May 6, 2005 / David Corn
Sweet Victory: Code Pink Sweet Victory: Code Pink
In her Mother's Day Proclamation of 1870, Julia Ward Howe--the woman who is credited with founding the holiday--wrote : "In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask...t...
May 6, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
In 1865 22-year-old Henry James contributed a scathing book review titled "The Noble School of Fiction" to the very first issue of The Nation.
May 5, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hatch-Miller
Is Union-busting Bad for Business? Is Union-busting Bad for Business?
About those secret payments, alligator boots, and how to "Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart."
May 5, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Good, Gray NPR Good, Gray NPR
Once a quirky upstart, NPR is now soberly (sometimes dully) mainstream.
May 5, 2005 / Feature / Scott Sherman