Dollar-Driven Recruiting Dollar-Driven Recruiting
The Department of Defense has dramatically increased its military recruitment budget, but where will the troops come from?
May 16, 2008 / Feature / Allen McDuffee
Farm Bill Follies Farm Bill Follies
Over on Swampland, Joe Klein takes justified digs at Obama and Clinton for their support of the $300-billion farm bill, which both Bush and McCain have opposed. There's a whole li...
May 16, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Why War, Inc. Works Why War, Inc. Works
John Cusack's War, Inc. takes on a seldom-discussed aspect of the occupation: the corporate dominance of the US war machine.
May 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Scahill
No European Star Wars No European Star Wars
Last March, I blogged about the Bush Administration's plan to deploy a proposed a missile defense system in both the Czech Republic and Poland despite the reluctance of the host c...
May 16, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Medicaid vs. the War Medicaid vs. the War
This week, buried under the current Congressional tussle over war spending, a fight over the future of Medicaid has quietly been percolating. Last fall, the Bush administration at...
May 16, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Winter Soldiers, Part II Winter Soldiers, Part II
Over the past two months since this year's Winter Soldier event, a parade of luminaries has gone before Congress to testify about the Iraq War: distinguished generals, cabinet sec...
May 15, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Gluttony on a Budget: The White Tee Makes a Comeback Gluttony on a Budget: The White Tee Makes a Comeback
Will the white T-shirt trend end any time soon? If girls have their way, it will.
May 15, 2008 / The Nation
A (Brief) History of the Youth Vote: An Interview With Author Michael Connery A (Brief) History of the Youth Vote: An Interview With Author Michael Connery
Youth to Power author Michael Connery chronicles how youth-led organizations are working behind the scenes, on a shoestring budget, to mobilize the 44 million Millennials.
May 15, 2008 / The Nation
Gay Marriage Ruling Launches a Larger Fight Gay Marriage Ruling Launches a Larger Fight
Champagne corks are popping in the Castro and West Hollywood, but elsewhere in America, the fight is just beginning.
May 15, 2008 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta
California Decision Makes Same-Sex Marriage a 2008 Issue California Decision Makes Same-Sex Marriage a 2008 Issue
Same-sex marriage just made a major comeback as a campaign issue. Today's ruling by the California Supreme Court that a reasonable reading of the state constitution prevents the ...
May 15, 2008 / John Nichols