Civil War in Iraq Civil War in Iraq
Major media outlets are beginning to recognize the obvious: Iraq is now in a state of civil war. The widely used term "sectarian violence" no longer describes the horrific bloodsh...
Nov 28, 2006 / The Nation
The Day the Music Died The Day the Music Died
It's the end of the world as we know it: Tower Records, the last great CD emporium, is closing, victim of the iPod and MP3 revolution. As Wal-Mart and other big-box stores pick up ...
Nov 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser
Touch-and-Go Elections: The perils of electronic voting Touch-and-Go Elections: The perils of electronic voting
The perils of electronic voting.
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Prop 87 Gets 86’ed: Californians fail to support a progressive energy policy. Prop 87 Gets 86’ed: Californians fail to support a progressive energy policy.
Californians fail to support a progressive energy policy.
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Delta Airlines Joins 21st Century Delta Airlines Joins 21st Century
I'm happy to report some insta-progress on the Delta Air Lines breast-feeding scandal, which I've been chronicling hereat the Notion. For those who've been out of the loop: a mot...
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Speaking of Choice…: Speaking of Choice…:
The fetus is not the issue. The woman is.
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Debating Rangel’s Draft Debating Rangel’s Draft
Congressman Charles Rangel announced earlier this month that he willpush to renew the military draft. Rangel argues, forcefully, that thedraft will spread the burden of war more e...
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
A Republican Takes the Lead on Iraq A Republican Takes the Lead on Iraq
In radio and television interviews since the election, I have argued repeatedly that the November 7 vote did not just empower Democrats to do the right thing with regard to the Ir...
Nov 27, 2006 / John Nichols
A Progressive Beat A Progressive Beat
After progressive victories across the nation on Election Day – with winning candidates at the federal, state, and local levels, and on issues ranging from the minimum wage to t...
Nov 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Media, Democracy and the FCC Media, Democracy and the FCC
In 2003, an unprecedented groundswell of popular opposition killed then-Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell's efforts to eliminate rules that limit the abili...
Nov 26, 2006 / Peter Rothberg