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
A Permanent Military Empire A Permanent Military Empire
To mainstream media, the Bush Administration's full-scale garrisoning of Planet Earth is simply not a news story. But in Iraq beyond, America's empire of permanent bases grows at a...
Jun 8, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Curbing Corporate America Curbing Corporate America
Corporate and CEO profits are at an all-time high. The richest 1 percent in America posses the wealth of the bottom 95 percent combined. Companies deploy hundreds of lobbyists and ...
Jun 8, 2007 / Ari Berman
The Sopranos’ Last Song The Sopranos’ Last Song
With an ominous sense of foreboding, Tony Soprano takes his last drive down the Jersey Turnpike, after seven seasons and 86 bloody, sexy, curse-ridden episodes.
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser
Hillary vs. Labor, Round II Hillary vs. Labor, Round II
Hillary Clinton's chief strategist, Mark Penn, is becoming a liability for her campaign. Following the publication of The Nation's article, Hillary Inc., the heads of two large uni...
Jun 7, 2007 / Ari Berman