Rape as a Weapon of War Rape as a Weapon of War
The UN resolution designating rape as a weapon of war is historic, but provides no legal remedy for wartime victims of sexual violence.
Jun 23, 2008 / Feature / Slavenka Drakulic
RadioNation With Laura Flanders RadioNation With Laura Flanders
Tom Engelhardt on oil, Iraq and empire; Ava Lowery on anti-war activism; Mike Connery on the power of young voters.
Jun 23, 2008 / Radio Nation
No Blood For …er, um… No Blood For …er, um…
More than five years after the invasion of Iraq--just in case you were still waiting--the oil giants finally hit the front page.
Jun 23, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Carlin Uncensored Carlin Uncensored
Comedian George Carlin is dead at 71. The Nation pays tribute to "America's most consistently savage social commentator."
Jun 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / YouTube
This Brave Nation: Two Generations of Hope This Brave Nation: Two Generations of Hope
Pete Seeger talks about music and activism with one of the country's most effective young grassroots leaders, Majora Carter.
Jun 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brave Nation
Crossword Classic #5 Crossword Classic #5
From the November 15, 1947, issue.
Jun 23, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
Puzzle No. 3130 Puzzle No. 3130
ACROSS
1 and 5 When you're in it, you wish you were out of it, and it's not a funny mix-up! (7,7)
Jun 23, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
OffTheBus Listening Post OffTheBus Listening Post
In another creative innovation on campaign reporting, HuffPost's OffTheBus has just launched a new feature in which the daily Obama and McCain media conference calls, heretofore t...
Jun 23, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media
Web entrepreneur Arianna Huffington slammed old media at a political conference in New York today, assailing reporters for abandoning the pursuit of truth in favor of a "fake ...
Jun 23, 2008 / Ari Melber
George Carlin: American Radical George Carlin: American Radical
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.-- George Carlin, The last vote that George Carlin said he cast in a presiden...
Jun 23, 2008 / John Nichols