Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying
The American labor movement must guard the interests of those it represents--even if it makes people in power uncomfortable.
May 21, 2007 / David Sirota
Graduates, Close Your Eyes Graduates, Close Your Eyes
A passionate critic of the Iraq War has this advice for the Class of 2007: Be afraid. And look within for answers to all the problems you have inherited.
May 21, 2007 / Tom Engelhardt
Save Internet Radio Save Internet Radio
The future of Internet radio is in doubt. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to ...
May 21, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Ivy Leaguers R White Like Us Ivy Leaguers R White Like Us
Imagine looking out your cozy Harvard dorm room only to see a bunch of black folks whoopin' and hollerin' in the Quad. What's an Ivy Leaguer to do except call campus security. So t...
May 21, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Taking on Dobbs Taking on Dobbs
I had an interesting run in with Lou Dobbs on May 8th. The clip has just become available on my site. Dave Niewert at Orcinus transcribed the key part and kicked off an interestin...
May 21, 2007 / Laura Flanders
Russian Journalists Fight for Independent Media Russian Journalists Fight for Independent Media
Nadya Azghikkina and I worked together for many years editing a Russian-language feminist newsletter called Vyi i Myi. (You and We was founded by Colette Shulman, who has worked t...
May 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Won’t MoveOn Move on Habeas Corpus? Why Won’t MoveOn Move on Habeas Corpus?
MoveOn.org is circulating a new survey asking its 3.3 million members to plan the group's "next steps," offering a dozen choices ranging from issues on the national agend...
May 21, 2007 / Ari Melber
Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush
How touchy is the Bush administration about criticism? Very touchy, indeed, especially if the source of that criticism is a certain former president. When Jimmy Carter, whose ap...
May 20, 2007 / John Nichols
Professors Against the Postal Hike Professors Against the Postal Hike
A group of professors sign on to a letter opposing the Postal Rate Commission's recent decision to dramatically increase the cost of mailing for small, independent publications.
May 18, 2007 / Feature / The Nation
Defining “Progress” in Iraq Defining “Progress” in Iraq
Three months into the job, General David Petraeus says it is difficult to predict, before the full number of troops arrive, if the surge in Baghdad will succeed. And he now says ...
May 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel