Antiwar Tide Surging Nationwide Antiwar Tide Surging Nationwide
The bottom really does seem to be falling out of US public support forthe Bush War in Iraq. Today's papers, as expertly digested by DanFroomkin here , show the degree to wh...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Murtha’s Plan to Stop Bush Murtha’s Plan to Stop Bush
At a hearing on Iraq today convened by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressman Jack Murtha offered a preview of how he plans to rein in the Bush Administration, from the...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Newspapers…and After? Newspapers…and After?
Newspapers may be dinosaurs in the age of new media, but they have enough life to guide--and even define--our politics.
Jan 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Media Reform’s Moment Media Reform’s Moment
The time is right to upend big media's agenda.
Jan 12, 2007 / The Editors
No to Escalation No to Escalation
Blocking Bush's escalation attempt is the first step toward bringing the troops home.
Jan 12, 2007 / The Editors
Taking on Reconstruction Corruption Taking on Reconstruction Corruption
In presenting his plan for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq this week, current Representative and now Presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich, noted that "after the first Gulf Wa...
Jan 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Word Count Word Count
In our country, Wednesday night's "surge" was mainly a surge of words, twenty-minutes worth, 2,898 of them. In the build-up to the speech, as almost every last detail of it was l...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
No party for the (Democratic) Party in ’08? No party for the (Democratic) Party in ’08?
Pity the poor Democrats. They never get any respect. Even after their historic return from twelve years in the minority desert, no one wants to throw them a presidential party. ...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Newsflash: Americans Still Oppose Iraq War Newsflash: Americans Still Oppose Iraq War
"The first thing we have to gauge is the reaction of the American people tonight and tomorrow," Senator Jack Reed, the Democrats' point person on the war in Iraq, said yesterday. ...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Surface Appeal Surface Appeal
Marden and Manet at MoMA.
Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto