Nation Topics - Jim Webb | The Nation

A case being heard this month will likely define the free speech rights of federal employees and so determine the quality of people who will make up our government.

Uninsured Americans have arguably the highest stake in the outcome of the healthcare debate--so why are they absent from the national conversation over its fate?

A host of politicians and pundits would have you believe that Hispanic immigrants are to blame for an uptick in urban crime. They're wrong.

Healthcare is in jeopardy, but it's not dead--especially if Democrats drag their feet on swearing in Brown.

An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.

An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.

Economic necessity and shifting mores are changing the nation's approach to incarceration.

The Virginia senator's willingness to take up this cause is evidence that the culture gap may be closing.

Now that New Mexico has ditched the death penalty, not much will change--except for the worse.

...We All Scream for Howard Dean!

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