Newt Gingrich to GOP–Wake Up or Perish Newt Gingrich to GOP–Wake Up or Perish
In early 2007, The Nation published an extraordinary speech by Bill Moyers. In "A New Story for America," America's media conscience wrote of how "voters have provided a a respit...
May 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who Really Lost the Cold War? Who Really Lost the Cold War?
These days, the price of oil seems ever on the rise. A barrel of crude broke another barrier Wednesday -- $123 -- on international markets, and the talk is now of the sort of &quo...
May 8, 2008 / TomDispatch
McCain’s Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam McCain’s Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam
Since the media won't question McCain about his deeply bigoted pastor, it's up to you to call attention to this issue.
May 8, 2008 / Brave New Films and Mother Jones
Unlovable Unlovable
The contemporary art world, reflected in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, is themeless and heading in no identifiable direction.
May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Age of the Wooden Spoon The Age of the Wooden Spoon
The radical subjectivity and reckless politics of Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun find new expression in recent English translations and editions.
May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Lytal
The Counter-Family The Counter-Family
British author Jonathan Coe departs from grand social transformations and turns to the domestic sphere in The Rain Before It Falls.
May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Juan Crow in Georgia Juan Crow in Georgia
Immigrant Latinos live under a matrix of oppressive laws, customs and institutions.
May 8, 2008 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
Palestine: Liberation Deferred Palestine: Liberation Deferred
A just resolution of the Palestine question depends on the Palestinians themselves.
May 8, 2008 / Feature / Rashid Khalidi
A Somber Anniversary A Somber Anniversary
Sixty years after the founding of the State of Israel, the long conflict with the Palestinians, and with the Arab world at large, casts a pall over Israeli life.
May 8, 2008 / Feature / Avi Shlaim
Backlash Spectacular Backlash Spectacular
From campus to courtroom, longstanding gains for women are being eroded everywhere you look.
May 8, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt