Farm Bill Showdown Farm Bill Showdown
As he shapes the Senate farm bill, Tom Harkin should heed progressives and forge legislation that ends subsidies and gives a fair shake to family farmers.
Aug 9, 2007 / John Nichols
Funding Higher Ed Funding Higher Ed
The Congressional overhaul of federal student aid is a good first step, but true reform of the system will require an effort on the scale of the GI Bill.
Aug 9, 2007 / Anya Kamenetz
Things Fall Apart Things Fall Apart
The Minneapolis bridge collapse should prod all presidential candidates, especially Democrats, to come up with real plans to fix our crumbling infrastructure.
Aug 9, 2007 / The Editors
A New New Deal A New New Deal
When the levees broke in New Orleans, I wrote about the desperate need for a New Deal for the 21st Century – one which would rebuild a crumbling infrastructure, help address gl...
Aug 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Give Bonds His Due Give Bonds His Due
It's official: He's the new home run king. Will the media ever get over it?
Aug 8, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
The Terror America Wrought The Terror America Wrought
Take a moment to remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, connecting the dots between that attack and US actions in Iraq sixty-two years later.
Aug 8, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Carl Bernstein: Bush More “Disastrous” Than Nixon Carl Bernstein: Bush More “Disastrous” Than Nixon
Carl Bernstein will always be known as the journalist who brought down a president whose disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law disqualified the errant executive from ...
Aug 8, 2007 / John Nichols
Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon
Actor Stephen Baldwin, the youngest member of the famous Baldwin brothers, is no longer playing Pauly Shore's sidekick in comedy masterpieces like Biodome. He has a much more serio...
Aug 8, 2007 / Max Blumenthal
Defend Dr. Tiller Defend Dr. Tiller
Dr. George Tiller, one of the few late-term abortion providers in the US, pleaded not guilty last Friday to 19 misdemeanor charges brought against him by the state of Kansas. Th...
Aug 7, 2007 / Peter Rothberg