Too Close to Call Too Close to Call
The state of South Dakota is the epicenter of efforts to turn back the clock on reproductive rights this election season. Earlier this year the state's legislature passed an abo...
Oct 23, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Obama’s Challenge to Hillary? Obama’s Challenge to Hillary?
Barack Obama is running for President. Or at least seriously, seriously, thinking about it. He conceded as much on Meet the Press yesterday. "I don't want to be coy about this," ...
Oct 23, 2006 / The Nation
Pete Seeger and the WFP Pete Seeger and the WFP
In these critical midterm elections – with so much on the line – a disastrous war in Iraq; the continuing erosion of our bedrock rights and liberties; and deepening economic ...
Oct 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Pentagon Clears Itself of Illegal Acts (Yet Again) The Pentagon Clears Itself of Illegal Acts (Yet Again)
On Friday, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon Inspector General's audit of a secret Pentagon Iraqi propaganda program contracted to the Lincoln Group (which calls itsel...
Oct 23, 2006 / The Nation
Pat Tillman’s Legacy Pat Tillman’s Legacy
As the elections approach, a former soldier, grieving the friendly-fire death of his brother in combat, asks: How has the most respected country in the world become so irrational, ...
Oct 22, 2006 / The Nation
Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota
An initiative that seeks to overturn South Dakota's draconian ban on abortion will have implications in states across the country.
Oct 22, 2006 / Kate Michelman
What’s Wrong With this Picture? What’s Wrong With this Picture?
FCC commissioners heard testimony in New York this week about how media consolidation stifles diversity, grassroots community and the creativity of independent musicians and artist...
Oct 21, 2006 / Feature / Kristal Brent Zook
Bush: Thousands of Registered Democrats Needed For ‘Extremely Important’ Mission Bush: Thousands of Registered Democrats Needed For ‘Extremely Important’ Mission
President Bush said Monday that members of the opposition party are the only ones who can make the November operation a success.
Oct 21, 2006 / The Nation
The Most Vital Political Statement of 2006 The Most Vital Political Statement of 2006
We have entered the ugly season of the political cycle, the time when election day looms close enough that politicians, parties and pundits are willing to utter just about any cla...
Oct 21, 2006 / John Nichols
Marie Antoinette, the Upspeak Version Marie Antoinette, the Upspeak Version
It doesn't matter that Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette is a dreadful film, but it is alarming that the past is increasingly seen as a place in which the most important thing of al...
Oct 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Steel