Politics Watchdog Follows the Money Online Politics Watchdog Follows the Money Online
MAPlight.org, a Berkeley-based online watchdog, is breaking ground by using technology to track how political contributions shape legislation.
Jun 11, 2007 / Feature / Joan Hamilton
The Missing American Bomb The Missing American Bomb
Here's the strange thing: Since 2001, our media has been filled with terrifying nuclear headlines. The Iraqi bomb (you remember those "mushroom clouds" about to rise ov...
Jun 11, 2007 / TomDispatch
In Praise of Immigrant Students In Praise of Immigrant Students
The educational odysseys of Hunter College's foreign-born graduates disprove the lies spread by anti-immigrant politicians.
Jun 11, 2007 / Feature / Ellen Chesler
Help a Child Take a Vacation from War Help a Child Take a Vacation from War
Since she's not yet blogging herself, I wanted to draw some web users' attention to Nation columnist Katha Pollitt's call for donations to the Bosnian Initiative Frankfurt. Pollit...
Jun 11, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Bad News Benchmarks Bad News Benchmarks
The Brookings Institution's Iraq Index provides the most authoritative measure of how much progress is being made in Iraq. Their recent findings? Not much.
Jun 11, 2007 / Ari Berman
Education for All Education for All
Paying for a college education has become a burden many Americans can no longer afford. Tuition has outpaced the rate of inflation for the last 16 years, some private schools are ...
Jun 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Richard Rorty, RIP Richard Rorty, RIP
A brilliant, humane scholar. A public intellectual in the finest sense, and a profound influence on the way I think about politics, long-time Nation contributor Richard Rorty has d...
Jun 9, 2007 / Chris Hayes
No Confidence in GOP to Challenge Gonzales No Confidence in GOP to Challenge Gonzales
New York Senator Chuck Schumer has for some weeks been calling for a vote of "no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. And it looks like he may get one – or, to be m...
Jun 9, 2007 / John Nichols
A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties
Beyond its power to jail terror detainees, the Military Commissions Act is the spearhead of a more sustained and long-term incursion on all our civil liberties. It must be rolled b...
Are We Disturbing? Are We Disturbing?
As leaders of the G-8 Summit played power politics at an opulent resort, protesters displayed a people's power, in demonstrations and at an alternative summit.
Jun 8, 2007 / Feature / Robert S. Eshelman