Passing Through the Middle East Passing Through the Middle East
An American student chronicles her travels--and her fluid identity--as she visits the Middle East.
May 27, 2008 / The Nation
Obama v.Recount, Democracy v. Thugocracy Obama v.Recount, Democracy v. Thugocracy
This Memorial Day Sunday, Barack Obama did what he described as "pinch-hitting" for one of his personal heroes, Senator Edward Kennedy. From many accounts, Obama's commencement ad...
May 26, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tiny Soap Bubbles Tiny Soap Bubbles
This Week: Kang and Valdez explore each other's bodies and minds, and somebody gets a gun slapped upside their head.
May 26, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Mixed Blessing Mixed Blessing
Obama calls for direct dialogue and new trade deals with Latin America, but continued counterinsurgency in Columbia, tensions with Venezuela.
May 25, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
McCain Rejects Another Hate-Preaching Pastor McCain Rejects Another Hate-Preaching Pastor
The last days of May will be remembered as the time of the long knives in John McCain's camp, a period that saw the presumptive Republican candidate for president purge his crusad...
May 23, 2008 / John Nichols
Sweet Victory: Coalition for Immokalee Workers Wins Sweet Victory: Coalition for Immokalee Workers Wins
In March 2005, I started a weekly feature called "Sweet Victories." Theidea was to chronicle progressive victories --electoral wins, protestsand boycotts, the launching of new i...
May 23, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Friday Capitol Letter Friday Capitol Letter
In the House…. On Wednesday, the House passed a $54-billion tax package that expands individual and business tax credits and creates $17 billion in renewable energy incentives. ...
May 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
When Tiger Met Chevron… When Tiger Met Chevron…
Woods's partnership with Chevron makes a mockery of his late father's hopes for him.
May 22, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Of Juntas, Storms, and Earthquakes-Natural and Man-Made Of Juntas, Storms, and Earthquakes-Natural and Man-Made
The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, with its 225,000 or more deaths in 11 countries, shocked the world; so, in recent weeks, has the devastation wrought by a powerful cyclone (and ti...
May 22, 2008 / TomDispatch
Tight Corners Tight Corners
When Richard Price moves from the urban ruins of New Jersey to the gentrified Lower East Side of Lush Life, things get complicated.
May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair