Praying for War at the Gas Pump Praying for War at the Gas Pump
How have the Saudis thanked George W. Bush for protecting their sorry oil well of a country? Just check the price of gas.
May 21, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Obama Gets Pledged Delegate Majority, But Clinton Stays In Obama Gets Pledged Delegate Majority, But Clinton Stays In
Barack Obama may have reached what he describes as "a major milestone on this journey" up the 2008 campaign trail. The senator from Illinois has now secured a majority of the "ple...
May 21, 2008 / John Nichols
Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville
In this 2008 interview, neither time nor age had blunted Berrigan’s fierce critique of American empire and his radical interpretation of the Gospels.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hedges
Bush’s Islamist Enemies List Bush’s Islamist Enemies List
By conflating Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, the President displays his ignorance--and could be laying the groundwork for attacks by Israel on Hamas and Hezbollah.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
China’s Inauspicious Year China’s Inauspicious Year
China's response to the earthquake and other calamities of 2008 challenges the West to rethink its prejudices.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Lexington’s Mayor: Cities Are Key Lexington’s Mayor: Cities Are Key
Jim Newberry, Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky says, "The presidential candidates absolutely must have an urban agenda."
May 20, 2008 / MayorTV
The Fight of His Life The Fight of His Life
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, diagnosed today with a malignant brain tumor, is sidelined at the moment his party is poised to realize the causes and ideals he has promoted for so long...
May 20, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols
Robert Byrd’s Anti-War Vote for Obama Robert Byrd’s Anti-War Vote for Obama
Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory last week in West Virginia. It is likely that she will be similarly rewarded tonight by the voters of Kentucky, a state that neighbors Wes...
May 20, 2008 / John Nichols
Jim Webb’s Time to Fight Jim Webb’s Time to Fight
Jim Webb can make the Four Seasons seem like a diner in Owensboro, Kentucky. It's that kind of blue-collar street cred that may be just what it takes to propel the first term Sena...
May 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger
Research subjects in developing countries--often the poorest, the sickest and with the fewest options--become more vulnerable.
May 19, 2008 / Feature / Sonia Shah