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