Soldiers Get Political Soldiers Get Political
Vote Vets, a coalition of soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, have produced three of the best and most powerful tv ads of this political season. These ads show how prof...
Nov 3, 2006 / The Nation
The Peace Race (Continued) The Peace Race (Continued)
Last November, when the falsehoods and deceptions that led our nation into the Iraq War were already clear, as were the staggering human and economic costs, The Nation made this ...
Nov 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Another GOP Sex Scandal Another GOP Sex Scandal
It's becoming to difficult to keep track of all the Republican sex scandals these days. The latest "moral values" offender is Reverend Ted Haggard, head of the 14,000-member New L...
Nov 3, 2006 / The Nation
Women’s Voices Women’s Voices
Most Nation readers don't need to be told that they should vote. But an astounding number of eligible Americans regularly forgo their electoral rights. Not many more than half o...
Nov 3, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Memo to Kerry: Criticize, Don’t Apologize Memo to Kerry: Criticize, Don’t Apologize
John Kerry should stop being nice about the Deserter in Chief. He should be reminding voters that the President who has sent more than 3,000 US soldiers and allies and untold thous...
Nov 3, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Defending Nat Turner Defending Nat Turner
In response to Herbert Aptheker's critical review of The Confessions of Nat Turner the late
Nov 3, 2006 / William Styron
The Case for Engagement The Case for Engagement
If US officials stopped their saber-rattling over Iran's nuclear ambitions and began to negotiate directly, they would have an eye-opening experience.
Nov 3, 2006 / Feature / Scott Ritter
Bring Democracy Home Bring Democracy Home
To repair our broken voting system, declare Election Day a holiday, establish national election standards and require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.
Nov 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Shut ‘Em Up Shut ‘Em Up
Shut 'em up – that's the tried-and-true policy of the Bush gang when it comes to people whose views contradict their own. Scientists want to speak out on global warming? Mu...
Nov 2, 2006 / The Nation
The Baker Report, Leaked! The Baker Report, Leaked!
Stay the course? Cut and run? Cut the crap? What will former Secretary of State James A. Baker III propose after the midterm elections, when the bipartisan Iraq Study Group reveals...
Nov 2, 2006 / Evan Eisenberg