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
Discovery/The Nation ’07 Prizewinners Discovery/The Nation ’07 Prizewinners
Four previously unpublished poets are honored as winners of Discovery/The Nation 07, the annual Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prize of The Unterberg Poetry Center.
May 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Infantile Liberalism Infantile Liberalism
"I encourage you all to go shopping more," advised President Bush at a press conference last winter. Shop and prime the pump, goes the idea. Spring for a plasma television set an...
May 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
Revolutionary Devotion Revolutionary Devotion
Communism, Catholicism and radical Modernism meet on the dissecting table of César Vallejo's poetry.
May 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Roberto González Echevarría
Look Who’s Taxing Look Who’s Taxing
Weary of tax cuts for the rich, state politicians are rethinking their aversion to tax-and-spend.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes
The Flaws in Rubinomics The Flaws in Rubinomics
Economic policy centered on a balanced budget will destroy what's left of FDR's New Deal.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Thomas Palley