Nation Notes Nation Notes
Katha Pollitt has been named the Charles Lawrence Keith Fellow at the Nation Institute.
May 20, 2004 / The Editors
India’s Radical Vote India’s Radical Vote
The Indian people have delivered a stunning electoral blow to the right-wing National Democratic Alliance, led by the Hindu-chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party, and paved the way f...
May 20, 2004 / Praful Bidwai
Outsourcing Is Hell Outsourcing Is Hell
The war on Iraq has made us all painfully aware of the Pentagon's growing reliance on private companies.
May 20, 2004 / William D. Hartung
Election Matters Election Matters
By identifying himself as an antiwar candidate seeking the rapid withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, and by using his still considerable media skills to spread the word about his ...
May 20, 2004 / John Nichols
Orders to Torture Orders to Torture
The Abu Ghraib prison scandal now implicates the highest levels of the Bush Administration in violating federal law and in war crimes.
May 20, 2004 / The Editors
Letters Letters
PRESS WATCH Washington, DC
May 20, 2004 / Eyal Press, Our Readers, and Elizabeth Drew
Bishops vs. Kerry Bishops vs. Kerry
Though it does not dominate the front pages in the same way that arguments about Vietnam medals and current war catastrophes have, one of the more bitter debates that has develope...
May 19, 2004 / John Nichols
Kerry’s Exit Strategy Kerry’s Exit Strategy
The facts on the ground are inescapable--the US occupation of Iraq must be ended. Over the last several weeks, many of the nation's pundits, policy-makers and military brass have...
May 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Scandal’s Shame, Massachusetts’ Pride Scandal’s Shame, Massachusetts’ Pride
What a wonderful image of democracy and tolerance the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has presented to the world by allowing same-sex marriages.
May 19, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Implausible Denial II Implausible Denial II
Seymour Hersh has been much more right than not in his reporting on the current Administration.
May 17, 2004 / Jason Vest