Sherrod Brown on How to Win in Ohio Sherrod Brown on How to Win in Ohio
In 2006, Sherrod Brown ran on an anti-war populist economic message and won in towns across Ohio long written-off by Democrats. On March 4, the Democratic primary will be held i...
Feb 12, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Does Facebook Own You Forever? Does Facebook Own You Forever?
In a recent feature article on Facebook and the "new privacy," I stressed how the company's invasive data policy seizes lots of information from users, even after they qu...
Feb 11, 2008 / Ari Melber
The Shooting of Jose Ramos Horta The Shooting of Jose Ramos Horta
If Timor-Leste's President doesn't survive the assassination attempt, his soul will get a good laugh at outlasting Suharto, who killed a third of his people.
Feb 11, 2008 / Allan Nairn
The Edwards Primary The Edwards Primary
Barack Obama had planned to veer off the "Potomac Primary" campaign trail after his last rally in Baltimore tonight and fly to Chapel Hill for a private meeting with John Edwards....
Feb 11, 2008 / John Nichols
A Campaign to Stop Stoning A Campaign to Stop Stoning
Iranian judges apparently didn't get the memo about the moratorium onstoning issued in 2002 by Ayatollah Shahroudi, head of the judiciary.According to Amnesty International, nin...
Feb 11, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Imagine 50 Million American Refugees Imagine 50 Million American Refugees
I'm an innumerate, but the figures on this -- the saddest story of our Iraq debacle -- are so large that even I can do the necessary computations. The population of the United Sta...
Feb 11, 2008 / TomDispatch
Dems Fight Spying with Clinton and Obama MIA Dems Fight Spying with Clinton and Obama MIA
A trio of Democratic House Committee Chairmen are stepping up the fight against President Bush's surveillance bill this week, vowing to beat back a controversial proposal to grant ...
Feb 11, 2008 / Ari Melber
As Maine Goes… As Maine Goes…
Barack Obama won the Maine caucuses by a wide margin Sunday night, securing 59 percent of the vote to just 40 percent for Hillary Clinton. That's 15 more delegates for Obama, nin...
Feb 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Antiwar Group Collapses Antiwar Group Collapses
Tom Matzzie, leader of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, has resigned his position and dissolved a major and well-funded coalition of anti-war groups.
Feb 9, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Shame of St. Louis The Shame of St. Louis
Over the past seven years, as Michael Reynolds wrote in a Nation cover story last June, George W. Bush's faith-based Administration has transformed the small-time abstinence-only ...
Feb 8, 2008 / Peter Rothberg