The Uncovered War: Air Power in Iraq The Uncovered War: Air Power in Iraq
In addition to our largely ignored permanent bases in Iraq, here's another mystery of Iraqi (and Afghani) media coverage: The essential American way of war -- air power -- has lon...
Nov 20, 2006 / The Nation
Full Steam Ahead Full Steam Ahead
Representatives Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey – co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus – aren't concerned about the close-to-conventional wisdom that conservative an...
Nov 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pelosi’s Problem Pelosi’s Problem
Of course, House Democrats made a mistake in choosing the slick favorite of Washington special interests, Steny Hoyer, over shambling populist John Murtha to serve as House Majori...
Nov 19, 2006 / John Nichols
McCain’s Misguided Policy McCain’s Misguided Policy
What is Senator John McCain smoking? The war in Iraq is a rapidly disintegrating mess and McCain wants to send more US troops directly into harm's way. "Without additional combat ...
Nov 17, 2006 / The Nation
The Lessons of History The Lessons of History
While there may be something great about winning a war, the United States must learn there is something much greater about using the tools of peacemaking to build a better world.
Nov 17, 2006 / Books & the Arts / John Hope Franklin
Democrats and Withdrawal from Iraq: Asking Too Much? Democrats and Withdrawal from Iraq: Asking Too Much?
For Democrats, here's the bad news: now that they have won control of Congress, they are expected to not only criticize President Bush's policies in Iraq bu...
Nov 17, 2006 / David Corn
No Fresh Faces for House GOP No Fresh Faces for House GOP
"We did not just lose our majority ... we lost our way," Indiana Republican Representative Mike Pence told the diminished House Republican Caucus Thursday as he urged them to elec...
Nov 17, 2006 / The Nation
The Senate’s “Horrible Mistake” The Senate’s “Horrible Mistake”
For decades, the official policy of the United States has been to discourage nuclear proliferation, particularly in southern Asia. But the U.S. Senate now says: No more. At the ...
Nov 17, 2006 / John Nichols
The Uncovered War: Permanent Bases in Iraq The Uncovered War: Permanent Bases in Iraq
Looked at in a clear-eyed way, almost all the strategies floating around Washington at this moment for "redeployment" or "phased withdrawal" are not actual withdrawal plans. They...
Nov 17, 2006 / The Nation
Why Murtha Lost Why Murtha Lost
The Pennsylvania Democrat's opposition to the Iraq War and Pelosi's endorsement couldn't match Steny Hoyer's seniority, experience and connections to House Democrats.
Nov 16, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman