The Nation.

Patricia Williams looks at children as instruments of peace, Daniel Tichenor plumbs the history of American nativist movements, Wayne S. Smith looks at America's bankrupt Cuba policy.

Articles

  • White Heat

    Bob Moser : Welcome to Nashville, Tennessee, the unlikely symbol of the biggest American immigrant resettlement since the Industrial Revolution. It's also the white-hot nexus of the new American nativism.

  • Nightly Nativism

    Daphne Eviatar : CNN pundit Lou Dobbs has made himself a "specialist" in channeling nativist, nationalist and even white supremacist rhetoric.

  • Same Old Song

    Daniel Tichenor : American history is marked by waves of immigrants--from Germans in the eighteenth century to Mexicans in the twenty-first--and by nativist backlashes against them. Subscribe

  • Locked and Loaded

    Susy Buchanan & David Holthouse : The Minutemen have been transformed from an extremist "citizen border patrol" to part of the neocon establishment. Has their leader sold out, or bought in? Subscribe

Letters

Editorials & Comment

  • Lamont Wins

    : As the Democratic Party embraces Ned Lamont, it must also embrace his antiwar message: It proved a winning strategy for Connecticut, and will be for the midterm elections.

  • Crisis in Lebanon

    : The inactivity of the Bush Administration on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is armchair warfare against the interests of all. For peace, we must press for an immediate cease-fire.

  • The New Nativism

    : The nation must address the working-class anxieties underlying the anti-Hispanic sentiments now rising in Middle America--and Congress must pass an enlightened immigration bill that is both sensible and humane.

  • Mercenary Jackpot

    Jeremy Scahill : As the United States decries the private militias of Lebanon and Iraq, GOP-connected, privately owned global mercenary firms receive blank checks and little oversight.

  • A Bankrupt Cuba Policy

    Wayne S. Smith : As Iraq burns and Castro recovers, the Bush Administration's schemes to further "Cuba's transition to democracy" ring more hollow than ever. Subscribe

  • Murray Bookchin

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Reviews

Columns

Web

  • TruthDig

    Truth Time for Democrats

    Robert Scheer : Democrats must transcend all their intraparty squabbles over the war in Iraq and focus on the obligation of politicians to be honest with the public.

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    Inside the Alleged Mind of Bill O'Reilly

    Joseph Minton Amann & Tom Breuer : Looking for a blast of hot air? Two intrepid literary critics venture deep into the steaming, muddy jungles of the Fox News pundit's award-losing prose.

  • Howl

    Cuba's Pathbreaking Energy Policies

    Nicholas von Hoffman : As the world grows short of oil, nations in search of a viable energy policy should take a lesson from Cuba, which turned to sustainable agriculture to offset its own oil crisis.

  • Librarians at the Gates

    Joseph Huff-Hannon : At a time when free expression and the right to privacy are under attack, librarians are on the front lines protecting our constitutional rights every day. Here are five who are making a difference.

  • Israel's Dangerous War in Lebanon

    Eric Alterman appears on Larry King Live August 1, 2006 to explain why US Jews should oppose Israel's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

  • Lessons Learned

    Saree Makdisi : As a tentative ceasefire takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the world--and the United States in particular--should ponder lessons learned and the price we will pay for our role in the conflict.

  • Southpaw

    Troops and Hoops

    Dave Zirin : There's something unnerving about USA Basketball's motivational tactics for the 2006 world championship--encouraging players to spend time with wounded Iraq veterans, in hopes of enhancing teamwork and patriotism.

  • Emerging Writers

    Ground Zero for Immigration

    Ali Winston : A recent rally at the World Trade Center site displayed anti-immigration activists' latest tactics: distorting the truth and exploiting national security concerns.

  • The Strange Silence of Günter Grass

    Norman Birnbaum : By concealing for a near-lifetime that he had served in the Waffen SS, literary giant Günter Grass treated himself with an indulgence he did not hesitate to deem a moral defect in others. And for that, we are all losers.

  • Groundhog Day

    James K. Galbraith : From all official statements so far, the August 10 terror plot uncovered in Britain was the biggest thing since 9/11. But then again, perhaps it wasn't. It's not too early to ask the questions on which a final judgment must depend.

  • Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet

    Jeffrey Chester : Senator Ted Stevens has no idea how the Internet works, but he's asking Congress to remake it to suit the interests of the telecommunications industry. Can progressives apply the pressure to kill this bill?

  • TruthDig

    Old Threats, New Fears

    Robert Scheer : Investigators have known for a decade about terrorist plots to bring down passenger jets with liquid explosives. So why, all of a sudden, did Bush ban most liquids on flights?

  • Emerging Writers

    From the Streets to the Polls

    Paloma Esquivel : Young, US-born Hispanics who took to the streets to push for immigrant rights are hoping to become a potent political force in the midterm elections and beyond.

  • The Hard Edge of Hatred

    Chip Berlet : American white supremacist groups have a long and ugly history of using anxieties over immigration as a recruitment tool. It's happening again, with a vengeance.

  • Howl

    Life in a Post-Carbon World

    Nicholas von Hoffman : If we are to survive and prosper in an oil-short world, we must not only think outside the box--we must get rid of the box. We must abandon the long-held idea that growth is the path to achieve every national goal.

  • Cease-Fire and Frustration

    Ian Williams : After thirty-one days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and more than 1,000 dead, the United Nations has finally passed a cease-fire. Now what?

  • The Semantics of Terror

    Ian Williams : The easy invocation of "terrorism"--whether by pundits or political leaders--is not just sloppy use of language. It is precisely targeted phrasing intended to terrorize dissent.

  • The Problem with Pundits

    Eric Boehlert : Pro-Lieberman Beltway pundits who whined about progressive bloggers and sounded noisy alarms about the disastrous impact of a Lamont win will have a lot of explaining to do come November.

  • Dorothy Healey

    Mike Davis : An appreciation of one of the last members of the left's "greatest generation," known for her physical courage, warmth and intelligence, who spent a lifetime arguing eloquently for socialism, feminism and peace.

  • CUFI Explains Its Motives

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