Iraq Progress: By the Numbers Iraq Progress: By the Numbers
As General David Petraeus makes his case for continuing the war, here's an accounting of the real costs.
Sep 10, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
“Not Buying” the Spin From Petraeus “Not Buying” the Spin From Petraeus
The good news from the testimony of General David Petraeus before a joint session of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees was certainly not found in his repetit...
Sep 10, 2007 / John Nichols
Farm Aid Raises a Vision Farm Aid Raises a Vision
What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the Amer...
Sep 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser
The Peace Primary The Peace Primary
At a time when there's a troubling gap between how the politicians in Washington vote and how the folks back home want the US to (re)engage with the rest of the world, the Ploughs...
Sep 10, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Questioning Petraeus’ Credibility Questioning Petraeus’ Credibility
In advance of General David Petraeus' testimony to the House of Representatives today, MoveOn.org is running a hard-hitting ad in the New York Times questioning his credibility. &...
Sep 10, 2007 / Ari Berman
End of the World As We Know It? End of the World As We Know It?
I'm not a climate scientist or geologist, and no, I don't play one on TV. So I can't assess the accuracy of the report below from yesterday's Guardian. But it sure did catch my att...
Sep 9, 2007 / E.J. Graff
Farm Aid at Twenty-Two Farm Aid at Twenty-Two
John Mellencamp celebrates twenty two years of Farm Aid on Sunday in New York City. Friday night, at the end of a two-day Nation campus tour to Indiana University, I visited Me...
Sep 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Myopic Iraq Debate The Myopic Iraq Debate
Like the war itself, the unfolding Congressional hearings on what to do next raise more questions than answers.
Sep 8, 2007 / Feature / Matthew Blake
The Shock Doctrine The Shock Doctrine
First, the disclosure: I'm about to praise a new book by a Nation columnist and a friend. This is irrelevant though because if Naomi Klein had never written for the magazine and I...
Sep 7, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Secret White House The Secret White House
By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery--and threatening our democracy in the process.
Sep 7, 2007 / Feature / Ruth Rosen