Fear and Shopping in Beirut Fear and Shopping in Beirut
As Lebanon braces for a descent into an all-too-familiar chaos, anger and the quest for comfort have sent people to the streets in search of bread and someone to blame. Anna Ciezad...
Jul 17, 2006 / Feature / Annia Ciezadlo
Questions for Katha Pollitt Questions for Katha Pollitt
Katha Pollitt answers questions about feminism, politics and her new book, Virginity or Death! And Other Pressing Social Issues of Our Times.
Jul 17, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Emily Amick
The G-8’s Risky Nuclear Embrace The G-8’s Risky Nuclear Embrace
As leaders of the world's richest nations gather in St. Petersburg to craft a global energy security strategy, they're poised to endorse a major expansion of nuclear power. Bad ide...
Jul 17, 2006 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Friends Don’t Let Friends Ruin Lebanon Friends Don’t Let Friends Ruin Lebanon
Congressional "Friends of Israel" are busy making noises about the "need" for the United States to provide that Middle Eastern land with full support as it assaults its neighbors....
Jul 16, 2006 / John Nichols
Ditherer-In-Chief Ditherer-In-Chief
In your lifetime, has the US ever exercised less global leadership? The Middle East is burning. Iraq is disintegrating. Afghanistan is collapsing. North Korea is escalating. Iran...
Jul 16, 2006 / The Nation
GOP’s Got a Problem With Voting Rights GOP’s Got a Problem With Voting Rights
For years, leaders of the Republican Party and their amen corner in the media has been demanding to know why African-American voters so consistently support the Democratic Party. ...
Jul 15, 2006 / The Nation
Boehner’s Big Bucks Boehner’s Big Bucks
After running as a so-called "reformer" in the race to replace Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader, Ohio Rep. John Boehner admitted in his first major TV interview, "I've got a ver...
Jul 15, 2006 / The Nation
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Guidepost or Relic? Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Guidepost or Relic?
As the Bush Administration continues to exercise an inordinate amount of power, will the Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ruling become a guidepost for future government or a las...
From Russia, With Hypocrisy From Russia, With Hypocrisy
As Bush and Putin meet in St. Petersburg for the G-8 summit, there's a lot of talk in the US media about Russia's backsliding on democracy. Of course, Russia isn't on a path to de...
Jul 14, 2006 / The Nation
Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes
After pressure from the local newspaper and the City Council questioning the use of sweatshop labor to create Pittsburgh Pirates regalia, Major League Baseball seems willing to lis...
Jul 14, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin and Derek Tyner