Brokeback GOP Brokeback GOP
What's up with Republican politicos getting arrested by undercover cops for soliciting sex in public restrooms? First, Florida state representative Bob Allen, formerly John McCain'...
Aug 28, 2007 / Richard Kim
Justice Denied Justice Denied
Alberto Gonzales leaves office with the Justice Department tarnished, the rule of law debased and our civil liberties significantly eroded. It now falls to Congress--and the next P...
Aug 27, 2007 / Aziz Huq
Gonzales: Not a Man of His Word? Gonzales: Not a Man of His Word?
Is Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who today announced his resignation, a man of his word? Consider his comments of recent months.
March 13, 2...
Aug 27, 2007 / David Corn
Gonzales Goes But Investigation Must Continue Gonzales Goes But Investigation Must Continue
Facing the prospect of increasingly aggressive congressional inquiries into his politicization of the Department of Justice, as well as an energetic House push for his impeachment...
Aug 27, 2007 / John Nichols
Grace Paley, 1922-2007 Grace Paley, 1922-2007
I am so sad that Grace Paley has died. She was a great writer --every word as pungent as pumpernickel-- with a great subject, the daily lives of women in jewish-immigrant-bo...
Aug 26, 2007 / Katha Pollitt
Iraq: “Worst Day Since Vietnam” for Hawaii Iraq: “Worst Day Since Vietnam” for Hawaii
The death of 14 army soldiers in a helicopter crash in northern Iraq on August 23 included ten stationed in Hawaii, making that Hawaii's "worst day . . . since the Vietnam War...
Aug 25, 2007 / Jon Wiener
GOP Attacks John Warner for Failing to Echo George Bush GOP Attacks John Warner for Failing to Echo George Bush
Here is how things work today at the top levels of the party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. One of the Republican party's most prominent senators, a fo...
Aug 24, 2007 / John Nichols
Bush’s Napoleonic Folly Bush’s Napoleonic Folly
Bush's war on Iraq mirrors Napoleon's invasion of Egypt--two disastrous attempts to reshape the Middle East.
Education Among the Devastation Education Among the Devastation
Post-Katrina student life is a balance of stress, studies and hope for the future.
Aug 24, 2007 / The Nation
Future Civil Rights: Next Move Is Ours Future Civil Rights: Next Move Is Ours
We don't need to look for another Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr. to change our communities. We need to believe in ourselves.
Aug 24, 2007 / The Nation