SOA Protests to Focus on Torture SOA Protests to Focus on Torture
As demonstrators gather at Fort Benning, Georgia, this weekend for an annual protest against the School of the Americas, the spotlight will be on increasing dismay in Congress and ...
Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
War of Words in France War of Words in France
As media attention focused on rampaging youths setting afire the poor suburbs of France, verbal conflagrations raged among politicians and elected officials on how to respond to th...
Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Françoise Mouly
The Disappearing Flu Vaccine The Disappearing Flu Vaccine
Flu vaccine is in short supply this season, and the reason is that drug companies can't make as much money protecting us from disease as from developing expensive treatments for ni...
Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote
Civil libertarians were stunned last week when the Senate approved a measure that would allow government officials to essentially bypass the courts and lock up people suspected of ...
Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
What Would Alito Do? What Would Alito Do?
If Samuel Alito is confirmed to the US Supreme Court, his impact on limiting reproductive rights would be certain and swift, due to his record and to two key abortion rights cases ...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Postcards From the Abyss Postcards From the Abyss
Anthony Shadid's Night Draws Near is a moving account of life in Iraq before and after the US occupation. Liberal hawk George Packer's The Assasins' Gate delves into the history be...
Nov 10, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Chris Toensing
The World According to Dowd The World According to Dowd
Maureen Dowd has done her best to declare feminism dead. But by insisting that men are scared of spunky successful women, it doesn't occur to her that she is promoting, rather than...
Nov 10, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
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Letter From the (Outgoing) Publisher Letter From the (Outgoing) Publisher
As Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel becomes the latest in a long line of publisher/owners of The Nation, Victor Navasky looks ahead to his new role as publisher emeritus and member of ...
Nov 10, 2005 / Editorial / Victor Navasky
Darwin on Trial Darwin on Trial
As the site of a trial on including intelligent design in biology textbooks, Dover, Pennsylvania, is a focal point of a national debate on science and religion. But a look at the t...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Eyal Press
Students Confront Sweatshops Students Confront Sweatshops
With a new wave of activism against sweatshops sweeping college campuses, student interest in the morality of their clothing choices can set a standard for the rest of us.
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum