The Accidental President The Accidental President
On August 9, 1974, amid the turbulence of the Watergate moment, Gerald R. Ford found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of assuming the presidency of the United States with...
Dec 27, 2006 / The Nation
Campus Informer, December 20, 2006 Campus Informer, December 20, 2006
Whites-only scholarship, hunger strike ends, leprechaun woes, and more news from schools across the country.
Dec 26, 2006 / The Nation
Commanding Women: Feminist Linda Hirshman on women in the workplace Commanding Women: Feminist Linda Hirshman on women in the workplace
Feminist Linda Hirshman on women in the workplace.
Dec 26, 2006 / The Nation
Diversity or Equality? A Talk With Walter Benn Michaels Diversity or Equality? A Talk With Walter Benn Michaels
Walter Benn Michaels: Diversity is no cure-all.
Dec 26, 2006 / The Nation
James Brown, 1933-2006 James Brown, 1933-2006
"Internationally known as the hardest working man in show business . . . . Mr. Dynamite, the amazing Mr. Please Please himself . . . the star of the show, Jaaaames BROWN!"...
Dec 25, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Surge, Reset, Escalate Surge, Reset, Escalate
Say it: escalation. More and more that's what the geniuses in Washington have come up with as a way of ending the war in Iraq. Instead of calling it an escalation of the war, they...
Dec 22, 2006 / The Nation
Two Cheers for Paul Krugman Two Cheers for Paul Krugman
Rubinomics may still reign over the Democratic party, but thehair-shirt economic orthodoxy has taken an influential hit. New YorkTimes columnist Paul Krugman today renounced his f...
Dec 22, 2006 / The Nation
Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks
As Democrats clean up abuse of earmarks, they can't ignore the ones that masquerade as targeted tax breaks.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Chris Hayes
The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman
The fall and rise of Joe Lieberman was one of the major political events of 2006. But in 2007, Beltway and netroots pundits agree, he will be as irrelevant as George W. Bush.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
View From the Future View From the Future
The end of oil and the rise of warming seas reveal a world made small and a horde of fallen dinosaurs.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit