SOA Protest Draws Scant Support From Candidates SOA Protest Draws Scant Support From Candidates
As the eighteenth annual demonstration against the Army's School of the Americas nears, we quiz Democratic hopefuls on whether they would shut it down. Their answers are not encour...
Oct 30, 2007 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
Give Us This Day Our Daily Debt Give Us This Day Our Daily Debt
As the superrich get richer, the rest of us sink deeper into debt. But when American consumers can no longer consume, our whole system falls apart.
Oct 30, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Going Postal: Arguing for Media Diversity, Debate & Democracy Going Postal: Arguing for Media Diversity, Debate & Democracy
Those of us at The Nation have been banging on for some months about the issue of postage rates. In particular, we've been expressing deep concern about the radical restructuring ...
Oct 30, 2007 / John Nichols
Benazir Bhutto’s Defining Moment Benazir Bhutto’s Defining Moment
She alone can mobilize Pakistan's poor with promises of democracy, development and free, fair elections. But does she have the power to ward off US meddling and stop Pakistan's sli...
Oct 30, 2007 / Feature / Graham Usher
Destabilizing Europe Destabilizing Europe
If you want to know how stupid Bush's decision to push ahead with building a missile defense system in Eastern Europe really is, check out what Vladimir Putin said last week--comp...
Oct 30, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bobby Jindal: Not Much to Celebrate Bobby Jindal: Not Much to Celebrate
Some herald the election of an Indian-American Republican governor as a milestone, but the poor and black citizens of Louisiana aren't among them.
Oct 30, 2007 / Feature / Billy Sothern
Al Gore: The Write-In Front-Runner Al Gore: The Write-In Front-Runner
A funny thing happened when the Deaniacs were asked to decide who they might want to back for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. The supporters of the 2004 presidential...
Oct 29, 2007 / John Nichols
Aliens in America Aliens in America
Most fish-out-of-water stories are told at the expense of the poor fish. But not so with Aliens in America, which may well be the best television show you're not watching. Well, yo...
Oct 29, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Cristina and Hillary Cristina and Hillary
UPDATED--Her husband is a former governor and president who presided over an economic boom. She is a popular center-left senator--a tough, disciplined and savvy politician who has...
Oct 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Unseen Victims of California Fires Unseen Victims of California Fires
Undocumented immigrants who have survived for years living along San Diego's hillsides and canyons now find themselves left out of relief efforts in the Southern California fires.
Oct 26, 2007 / Feature / Amanda Martinez