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Activism on Stage Activism on Stage

Opinion: A dramatic interpretation of Rachel Corrie's life raises questions about what we can learn from an activist abruptly separated from her cause.

Jan 9, 2007 / The Nation

Khalilzad: Good News and Bad for UN Khalilzad: Good News and Bad for UN

Zalmay Khalilzad promises be a more effective US ambassador to the UN, but is that a good thing?

Jan 9, 2007 / Ian Williams

Inciting Anger Is Not Enough Inciting Anger Is Not Enough

Opinion: The alternative media, and the Left in general, have succeeded in inciting anger. Now it's time to inspire people to take action and give them tools to make specific chang...

Jan 9, 2007 / The Nation

In the (Israeli) Army Now In the (Israeli) Army Now

In Israel, where military service is mandatory for nearly everyone, even the most progressive young people tend to see war as a given.

Jan 9, 2007 / The Nation

Surge Homeward Surge Homeward

Peace groups and members of Congress are crafting creative ideas to counter a Commander-in-Chief who misled us into a catastrophic conflict and now proposes to escalate the war i...

Jan 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bush’s Theater of the Absurd Bush’s Theater of the Absurd

Bush is the insolent star of an absurd spectacle, seeking to escalate a failed war that Congress and the people oppose.

Jan 9, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

An Israeli Defense of Jimmy Carter An Israeli Defense of Jimmy Carter

There is an ugly cynicism to the attack on Jimmy Carter that has been launched by Americans who well recognize that the former president's new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid...

Jan 8, 2007 / John Nichols

Asian Americans for Affirmative Action Asian Americans for Affirmative Action

Sunday's NYT Education supplement ran a cover story by Timothy Egan about Asian Americans and affirmative action. Focusing on UC Berkeley -- where Asians have grown to 41% of the ...

Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation

The Shifting Terrain in Economics The Shifting Terrain in Economics

I spent much of this weekend at the annual American Economic Association conference here in Chicago. The conference is the biggest gathering of economists anywhere in America (app...

Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation

How to Leave Iraq How to Leave Iraq

So some House Democrats now say they want to put forward their own plan for Iraq, as a counter to Bush's? Here is an excellent plan that I have thought long and hard about that I...

Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation

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