Roe = Dred Roe = Dred
Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case.
Oct 14, 2004 / Katha Pollitt
Climate, the Absent Issue Climate, the Absent Issue
Every once in a while there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year's Nobel Peace Prizewinner is one suc...
Oct 14, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Election Matters Election Matters
As he began his seventh campaign swing this year through the battleground state of Wisconsin on a sunny day in late September, George W. Bush loaded a secret weapon onto hi...
Oct 14, 2004 / John Nichols
Hammer Strikes–Out? Hammer Strikes–Out?
Has Tom DeLay--a k a The Hammer--hit his last nail? Not yet, but the Republican House majority leader has sustained his own whacks recently for a series of unethica...
Oct 14, 2004 / The Editors
The James Baker Documents The James Baker Documents
Read Naomi Klein's Piece Letter dated January 20 2004 from International Strategy Group, Coudert Brothers and The Albright Group (pdf).
Oct 13, 2004 / Feature / The Nation
James Baker’s Double Life James Baker’s Double Life
Bush's special envoy has a private interest in Iraqi debt, documents reveal.
Oct 12, 2004 / Feature / Naomi Klein
Kerry a Bleeding Heart? Hardly Kerry a Bleeding Heart? Hardly
Thank you, George W. Bush, for trying to assure me that John Kerry is a liberal. Wish it were so.
Oct 12, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Voting for the First Time Voting for the First Time
A conversation with Utah Phillips.
Oct 12, 2004 / Feature / Carolyn Crane
‘Radical to the Root’ ‘Radical to the Root’
A talk with David Cobb, the Green Party's presidential candidate.
Oct 8, 2004 / Feature / William Greider
Rocking the Youth Vote–From 1972 to 2004 Rocking the Youth Vote–From 1972 to 2004
Lennon spoke out then, as Springsteen speaks out now.
Oct 7, 2004 / Feature / Jon Wiener