Torture and the Content of our Character Torture and the Content of our Character
The standoff between the Senate and the Bush Administration over military tribunals, torture and war crimes tests core legal and moral issues and will determine the kind of country...
Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Camp Democracy and the Genius of Impeachment Camp Democracy and the Genius of Impeachment
No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above Justice? -- George Mason, 1787 More than 5,000 people crowded the ...
Sep 15, 2006 / John Nichols
Will Ned Lamont Get Connecticut AFSCME’s Endorsement? Will Ned Lamont Get Connecticut AFSCME’s Endorsement?
Watch for tonight's vote at the Connecticut AFSCME Council 4 meeting. A high-level source in the Lamont campaign told me last night that it looks likely that Council's members wil...
Sep 15, 2006 / The Nation
Real Link Between 9/11 and Iraq Revealed Real Link Between 9/11 and Iraq Revealed
You've heard the President and Vice President say it over and over: There was a connection between the events of September 11, 2001 and Iraq. Let's take this seriously and conside...
Sep 15, 2006 / The Nation
Refusing to Exploit 9-11 Refusing to Exploit 9-11
Two days after President Bush used a nationally-televised address to exploit the memory of September 11 for political purposes – employing language and logic so crude that it wo...
Sep 15, 2006 / John Nichols
What Can Sherrod Brown Do for the Democrats? What Can Sherrod Brown Do for the Democrats?
The road to the Democrats' renewal runs through Ohio, and Sherrod Brown is on it, looking for the towns his party forgot and the voters who got away.
Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / John Nichols
Lawless ‘Compromises’ Lawless ‘Compromises’
Prime midyear election issues: Torture and eavesdropping are illegal. We are a nation founded on the rule of law.
Sep 15, 2006 / The Editors
The Skewed Electorate The Skewed Electorate
A new report from a California think tank confirms what many have long suspected: if Latinos, the poor, and the uneducated voted in proportionate numbers the state's politica...
Sep 14, 2006 / The Nation
Hack the Vote Hack the Vote
So much for ballot security. Three Princeton University professors designed and tested software to hack a Diebold electronic voting machine. Watch the video. On Huffington Post,...
Sep 14, 2006 / The Nation
Short Takes Short Takes
Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and The City Is a Rising Tide.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas and Christine Smallwood