Lincoln’s Antiwar Record Lincoln’s Antiwar Record
Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln's rebuke of James Polk.
Feb 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Money for Lefties Money for Lefties
The right has been generously funding conservative student activists for years. On the other side, the Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund is currently taking applications for grants f...
Feb 27, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Don’t Blame the Base Don’t Blame the Base
Fifty-eight percent of the American people support Jack Murtha's plan to properly rest, train and equip American troops before deploying them into battle, according to a new Washi...
Feb 27, 2007 / The Nation
Collision Course With Iran Collision Course With Iran
Instead of using diplomacy to defuse nuclear tensions with Iran, the Bush Administration is seeking to bypass Congress and lay the groundwork for an attack.
Feb 27, 2007 / Dennis Kucinich
New Hope in Albany: Students lobby their state government for tuition assistance New Hope in Albany: Students lobby their state government for tuition assistance
Students lobby their state government for tuition assistance.
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Madame President: Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule Madame President: Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule
Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule.
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Loan, Bait, and Switch: The downsides to President Bush’s plan to expand Pell Grants Loan, Bait, and Switch: The downsides to President Bush’s plan to expand Pell Grants
The downsides to President Bush's plan to expand Pell Grants.
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
The Sanity of Jimmy Carter The Sanity of Jimmy Carter
In an interview with This Week, anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, former President Jimmy Carter said that his recent book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid has led to the most p...
Feb 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Oscar Postmortem: What About Iraq? Oscar Postmortem: What About Iraq?
It's great that the problem of global warming was all the rage at last night's Academy Awards. An Inconvenient Truth deservedly won best documentary, Melissa Etheridge's song from...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Winter Light Winter Light
Feb 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans