Globalization with a Human Face Globalization with a Human Face
Globalization must not be allowed to become financial imperialism: Capitalism's strongest-takes-all rule must give way to one that ensures that the poor have a place and a piec...
Dec 11, 2006 / Mohammad Yunus
No Graceful Exit No Graceful Exit
The Iraq Study Group report may slow the impetus for immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Those who seek genuine military disengagement must make their voices heard.
Dec 11, 2006 / The Editors
‘Impeachment is Not Optional’ ‘Impeachment is Not Optional’
After the death of her soldier son in Iraq, and after it became clear that the misguided policies that put her boy in harm's way would not be changed, a then little-known woman na...
Dec 11, 2006 / John Nichols
Rush to Judgment in the Ex-Spy Poisoning Rush to Judgment in the Ex-Spy Poisoning
As the mystery of Alexander Litvinenko's death by polonium 210 continues to unfold--and the shadowy world of spies, former agents, defectors and seedy characters revealed seems li...
Dec 11, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Demand Democracy for Florida Demand Democracy for Florida
I suspect even many well-informed Nation readers don't know about the 18,382 votes that were lost in one Congressional district in Sarasota, Florida, on Election Day. (I didn't un...
Dec 11, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Pinochet Is Dead. His Legacy Lingers Pinochet Is Dead. His Legacy Lingers
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet died of complications from a heart attack Sunday at age 91. His death has cheated justice, snatching him from the material world just as h...
Dec 10, 2006 / The Nation
Who’s Paying for Rummy’s Final Show? Who’s Paying for Rummy’s Final Show?
I have a short, direct question. Don Rumsfeld's shameful tenure as Defense Secretary comes to an end a week from Monday. Meanwhile, he jaunts off on a "secret trip" to Baghdad th...
Dec 10, 2006 / The Nation
Dictator Slays Millions in Last-Minute Push to Be Time’s Man of the Year Dictator Slays Millions in Last-Minute Push to Be Time’s Man of the Year
Myanmar's brutal ruler Than Shwe is angling for the honor.
Dec 9, 2006 / The Nation
A Closing Call for Impeachment A Closing Call for Impeachment
"President George W. Bush has failed to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States; he has failed to ensure that senior members of his administration do t...
Dec 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Iraqis Seek to Stem Sectarian Violence Iraqis Seek to Stem Sectarian Violence
As the situation worsens and pressure builds for new US strategies, Iraqi groups are making tentative moves to stem sectarian violence.
Dec 8, 2006 / Feature / David Enders