Harvard’s Humanitarian Hawks Harvard’s Humanitarian Hawks
Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights doesn't officially favor the war in Iraq, so why is it helping Gen. David Petraeus devise a counter-insurgency doctrine?
Jul 14, 2007 / Tom Hayden
A Letter From IAVA A Letter From IAVA
A veterans group takes issue with The Nation's investigation of the impact of the US military occupation on Iraqi civilians.
Jul 13, 2007 / The Nation
2,4,6,8! This Beheading is Really Great! 2,4,6,8! This Beheading is Really Great!
Why is the anti-war movement so lacklustre when 70% of Americans want to bring the troops home by spring and George W. Bush is the least popular president in history? Some re...
Jul 13, 2007 / Katha Pollitt
Surge Mentality: White House in Denial Surge Mentality: White House in Denial
A White House report that claims the surge is working only throws fuel on the fire among both parties in Congress to push for withdrawal.
Jul 13, 2007 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Cheney’s Actions Put Impeachment on the Table Cheney’s Actions Put Impeachment on the Table
Four more members of the U.S. House signed on this week as cosponsors of H. Res. 333, the measure that outlines articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney for acti...
Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols
A Migrant Summit A Migrant Summit
Immigration reform may have crashed in Washington, but a very different discussion of the same issues continues below the border.
Jul 13, 2007 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson
Sectarian extremists invaded the U.S. Senate chamber Thursday, chanting "There's only one true God" and denouncing religious pluralism as an "abomination." The...
Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols
A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued) A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued)
As Walter Pincus reported in the Washington Post last week, Senate Democrats plan to follow the House lead in "reducing funds" for the insidious Bush plan for a European-based mi...
Jul 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Moves Toward Contempt Citation Congress Moves Toward Contempt Citation
"Are congressional subpoenas to be honored or are they optional?" House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers asked Thursday. It was a rhetorical question. Conyers, who has ser...
Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols
Happy Birthday, George McGovern Happy Birthday, George McGovern
As he observes his eighty-fifth birthday, here's a tribute to 'the most decent man in the US Senate,' who has left his mark on politics and on the American people.
Jul 12, 2007 / Rep. Jim McGovern