IRV, a Better Way IRV, a Better Way
Instant Runoff Voting will get a crucial test in four local elections on November 7.
Oct 27, 2006 / Krist Novoselic
From Whitewater to Blackwater From Whitewater to Blackwater
Blackwater USA has a new attorney to defend it against a wrongful death lawsuit by families of four contractors killed in Iraq: Kenneth Starr.
Oct 26, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill and Garrett Ordower
Oversight? Nah, Don’t Need It Oversight? Nah, Don’t Need It
Yet another reason why Americans who believe in accountability and oversight should be pulling for Democrats to win this November… While the Special Inspector General for Iraq ...
Oct 26, 2006 / The Nation
The New World Order The New World Order
Two new books examine the diverse and ambitious alliances that led to the end of slavery in America.
Oct 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn
Hong Kong Harbor 1984 Hong Kong Harbor 1984
On this side of the window
A shower of chrysanthemum.
Outside, torrential rain.
Oct 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Sawyer
French Lessons French Lessons
The history of twentieth-century France depicts a struggle between the republican ideal of a unitary state and the shifting concerns of a pluralistic society.
Oct 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Sunil Khilnani
Immigrants Regroup Immigrants Regroup
This year will be remembered both for massive immigrants rights marches and for the Al Qaedization of immigrants.
Oct 26, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
Bad Day in CA Bad Day in CA
While Democrats on the national level dream of a landslide, in California, the party is facing another electoral debacle.
Oct 26, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper
A New-Model Ford A New-Model Ford
Harold Ford has wooed and wowed white conservatives in Tennessee with a mash-up of star power, earthy eloquence and a contrarian right-wingery that has driven the GOP to take drast...
The End of Times? The End of Times?
Journalism's in crisis, crushed by Wall Street and tarnished by a failure of nerve. As newspapers die and fake news proliferates, who will provide reliable information vital to a f...
Oct 26, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman