Walk the Walk Walk the Walk
I was on a panel this morning about the 2006 elections with twoconsultants--Republican Ed Rollins and Democrat Doug Schoen--andTime magazine columnist Joe Klein. The conversation...
Jun 20, 2006 / The Nation
Oversight? No Thanks Oversight? No Thanks
After all the reports of corporate crimes and contract abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan -- including the recent revelation by Halliburton Watch that Halliburton and its KBR subsidia...
Jun 20, 2006 / The Nation
Bush’s Baghdad Palace Bush’s Baghdad Palace
The United States has made no headway quelling the insurgency or rebuilding Iraq, but one secret project is on target: construction of a palatial US Embassy inside the Green Zone. ...
Jun 20, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Next Big Fight Over Media Ownership The Next Big Fight Over Media Ownership
The Federal Communications Commission will again attempt to do the bidding of big media this year, with a scheme to rewrite ownership rules in much the same manner as it did in 20...
Jun 20, 2006 / John Nichols
How Congress Is Shafting the Middle Class How Congress Is Shafting the Middle Class
In 2005, Congress failed the middle class. This is the blunt assessment of the nonpartisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI), which today released its third annual sco...
Jun 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Crucial Vote A Crucial Vote
When John Kerry, Barbara Boxer and Russ Feingold offer an amendment to the defense spending bill Wednesday calling on US troops to leave Iraq by July 1, 2007, only a handful of Se...
Jun 20, 2006 / The Nation
Hey Guys, It’s Just a Game Hey Guys, It’s Just a Game
Soccer's not for wimps, but Team America and its fans have brought a decidedly militarist mindset to the World Cup.
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin and John Cox
The Death of News The Death of News
The press that once went hoarse over Monica Lewinsky's dress is largely silent over the Bush regime's vast abuses of power.
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / Mark Crispin Miller
The National Entertainment State, 2006 The National Entertainment State, 2006
After a decade of strategic mergers, impulsive couplings and messy divorces--the birth of new media--this chart shows that national media landscape still bears the oversized footpr...
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / The Nation
A Ten-Point Plan for Media Democracy A Ten-Point Plan for Media Democracy
With Congress poised to pass legislation that rewrites the Telecom Act, here are ten action items for a media reform agenda.
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester