Dept of Misleading Headlines Dept of Misleading Headlines
According to the latest New York Times poll, "two-thirds of those polled said the United States should reduce its forces in Iraq, or remove them altogether." The same num...
Jul 24, 2007 / Ari Berman
YouTube Rocks YouTube Rocks
A few minutes into Monday night's CNN/You Tube debate at the Citadel Military Academy in South Carolina, Senator Barack Obama said, "I believe in the core decency of the Ameri...
Jul 24, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Gardening for Change in the City Gardening for Change in the City
Local food projects and community gardens are springing up in urban areas all over the country, cutting a promising new path to empowering the poor.
Jul 23, 2007 / Feature / Sophie Johnson
The Dems’ Nuclear Option The Dems’ Nuclear Option
We've done all we can do, Democrats said after pulling an all-nighter last week, when Republicans blocked yet another vote on a proposal to begin withdrawing American troops from I...
Jul 23, 2007 / Ari Berman
Why the US Military Loves Ron Paul Why the US Military Loves Ron Paul
The anti-war Texas Republican is pulling more campaign contributions from the military than John McCain. That says a lot about the mindset of the troops.
Jul 23, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Censure and Impeachment Censure and Impeachment
There is every reason to be enthusiastic about U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold's decision to ask the Senate to consider a pair of censure resolutions condemning the President, Vice Presid...
Jul 23, 2007 / John Nichols
Legislation Watch: Ballot Integrity Act of 2007 Legislation Watch: Ballot Integrity Act of 2007
The Bush administration, its political appointees and their cronies have fomented dramatic fears in order to justify laws, policies and prosecutions that suppress the vote of mino...
Jul 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Censure for Bush & Cheney? Censure for Bush & Cheney?
On Meet the Press Sunday, Senator Russ Feingold announced that he will be introducing two censure resolutions in the next few days, aimed at holding President Bush, Vice-President ...
Jul 22, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
President Cheney — Officially President Cheney — Officially
Presuming that he could be distracted by a colonoscopy, George Bush on Saturday arranged to briefly transfer the authority of the presidency to Dick Cheney. Surely, Cheney, who h...
Jul 21, 2007 / John Nichols
Coming up on Meet the Press Coming up on Meet the Press
Friday night, one of my colleagues alerted me to the fact that I had confused McConnells. It's not the Bush "enabler" Senator (Mitch of Kentucky) who's going to be on NB...
Jul 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel