Ford’s Fate Ford’s Fate
When it comes to winning back the Senate, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee is beginning to look like the Democrats' make-or-break candidate--and that might not be such a good thin...
Dec 9, 2005 / Adam Howard
Wrongly Held, Never Tried, Fighting Back Wrongly Held, Never Tried, Fighting Back
The Tipton Three embody a nightmare scenario of the "war on terror": Young British men visiting Pakistan for a wedding wound up accused of terrorism in Afghanistan, imprisoned and ...
Dec 9, 2005 / Feature / Sarah Goldstein
A Transcript A Transcript
9/11 Commission calling, with questions on accountability. But from the White House side of the line come on answers, only talking points.
Dec 8, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Minority/Majority Minority/Majority
The Democratic Leadership Council purports to speak for Democrats, yet still employs former Christian Coalition official Marshall Wittmann to parrot dishonest right-wing talking po...
Dec 8, 2005 / David Sirota
Conspiracy to Torture Conspiracy to Torture
No nation is immune from the insidious downward spiral signified by torture. In this special issue, The Nation confronts the sweeping moral seriousness what the torture conspiracy ...
Dec 8, 2005 / The Editors
Secrets and Lies Secrets and Lies
By the time the first prisoners were taken in Iraq, a green light to abuse had been issued in writing. Now torture is cloaked in a veil of secrecy, with obscured statistics, dismis...
Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Karen J. Greenberg
The Torture Administration The Torture Administration
Despite what we know of history, it comes as a shock to discover that American leaders would open the way for torture of prisoners, that the President would fight legislation prohi...
Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Anthony Lewis
Democracy for Sale Democracy for Sale
A trove of new documents detailing the corruption and influence-peddling by Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed and Tom DeLay is sweeping the high-minded prophets of the Republican revolutio...
Dec 7, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Killing the Messenger Killing the Messenger
It's one thing for our State Department to plant phony stories in the media or jam broadcasts in Cuba. It's quite another for conservative policy analyst Frank Gaffney bolster's Ge...
Dec 1, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Reprehensible Reprehensible
Dick Cheney channels Nat King Cole in an unforgettable rendition of the meaning of the word "reprehensible."
Dec 1, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin