Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy
Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.
Dec 14, 2006 / Liza Featherstone
Katrina’s Last Victims? Katrina’s Last Victims?
The New Orleans school system, re-created in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is beginning to look like something designed by FEMA.
Dec 14, 2006 / Feature / Lisa Delpit and Charles M. Payne
The Katrina Factor The Katrina Factor
There's little evidence so far that Democrats will push for reconstruction in New Orleans.
Dec 14, 2006 / Feature / Michael Tisserand
Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations–2006 Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations–2006
Give a gift that will make the world better.
Dec 14, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
War: Voters Said No, Congress Said Yes War: Voters Said No, Congress Said Yes
In Congress and the popular press, fantasy rules when the subject is Iraq.
Dec 14, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Four Options That the Baker-Hamilton Report Offers to Those Prosecuting the War in Iraq Four Options That the Baker-Hamilton Report Offers to Those Prosecuting the War in Iraq
And each one has to do with getting the hell out.
Dec 14, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Waiting Game The Waiting Game
Expect a flurry of hearings on Iraq when the new Democrat-controlled Congress convenes. But no real action from lawmakers or the President is likely to be taken.
Dec 14, 2006 / David Corn
Kucinich Tries Again Kucinich Tries Again
Yep, the Congressman from Cleveland's running for President again--but first, he wants to fix the Democratic Party.
Dec 14, 2006 / John Nichols
Pinochet’s Legacy Pinochet’s Legacy
The death of Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet should not blunt the work of healing the damage he has done and shining light on the truth.
Dec 14, 2006 / Marc Cooper
Does Prison Harden Criminals? Yes. Does Prison Harden Criminals? Yes.
For a long time, those on the left who oppose the "tough on crime" policies of the last few decades have argued that the experience of incarceration itself makes those convicted o...
Dec 14, 2006 / The Nation