Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East? Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East?
I receive scores of letters each week--some via snail mail, some by e-mail. Here's one I thought worth sharing. I suspect there are many people who, like this US sailor (and for th...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America’s Mayor? America’s Mayor?
It's GOP Debate night and I'm dreading the idea of having to watch the Seven Dwarves (plus three) duke it out at the Reagan Library. I'm heading uptown in a taxi to an "Obama ...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We're proud to announce that Stuart Klawans, The Nation's film critic since 1988, has received the 2007 National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism. The NMA judges said, ...
May 3, 2007 / The Editors
Responses to Darling-Hammond Responses to Darling-Hammond
The second part of our forum on the Bush Administration's 2002 No Child Left Behind Act.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Deborah Meier, Velma L. Cobb, and Pedro Noguera
Habeas Corpus is Missing Habeas Corpus is Missing
For the past seven years, George Bush has repeatedly violated the Constitution. Even worse, Congress has knowingly let it happen. There's been the legalization of torture, warra...
May 3, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
What If My Carrier Bumps Into Your Country? What If My Carrier Bumps Into Your Country?
At a news conference on Monday involving the President and European leaders, this exchange took place: "Q: …[Y]our Secretary of State is going to a conference...
May 3, 2007 / TomDispatch
Republican vs. Republican on Iraq Republican vs. Republican on Iraq
On Monday a Washington Post headline read: "GOP's Base Helps Keep Unity on Iraq." By Thursday, following President Bush's veto of a Democratic war funding bill, the long-suppresse...
May 3, 2007 / The Nation
LAPD Gone Wild. Again. LAPD Gone Wild. Again.
All of a sudden it looked like the bad old days this week in Los Angeles. A peaceful pro-immigration rally in the downtown area Tuesday descended into chaotic violence as the LAPD ...
May 3, 2007 / Marc Cooper
Is There Freedom After Hip-Hop? Is There Freedom After Hip-Hop?
Hip-hop has influenced nearly every art form today, but has it been able to liberate? Artists, musicians and intellectuals reflect on the past and the future of hip-hop.
May 3, 2007 / The Nation
Heroes in Razorblade City Heroes in Razorblade City
A trio of Portland rappers put their boots to the ground and educate the next generation in the art of socially conscious hip-hop.
May 3, 2007 / The Nation