House Votes 256-153 for Perpetual War House Votes 256-153 for Perpetual War
The incendiary House debate over whether the time has come to establish an Iraq exit strategy ended Friday morning with a 256-153 vote to maintain an open-ended occupation of the...
Jun 16, 2006 / The Nation
Who Supports the Troops? Who Supports the Troops?
The February Le Moyne College/Zogby International survey of U.S. troops serving in Iraq found that 72 percent of them thought United States forces should exit that country by the ...
Jun 16, 2006 / John Nichols
Burning Cole Burning Cole
Politics trumped academic integrity when a neocon network torpedoed the appointment of Mideast scholar and blogger Juan Cole to a faculty position at Yale.
Jun 16, 2006 / Philip Weiss
The UN Bites Back The UN Bites Back
If the Bush Administration is serious about UN reform, it should replace Ambassador John Bolton and stop linking payment of dues to action on reform.
Jun 16, 2006 / The Editors
The Peace Race The Peace Race
The peace majority is real. A CBS poll finds that 80 percent of Democrats believe the United States should have stayed out of Iraq, and more than 60 percent want US troops home...
Jun 15, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
2,500 Dead, No End in Sight 2,500 Dead, No End in Sight
There's two new numbers to consider as the House holds a rigged debate on the Iraq war today. One is 2,500. That's the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq, released by the Penta...
Jun 15, 2006 / The Nation
Something to Believe In Something to Believe In
What does it take to motivate young people to meaningful political action? This VideoNation report looks at how three protests drew three very different constituencies.
Jun 15, 2006 / Sam Graham-Felsen
Mega-merger Mania Mega-merger Mania
Americans overwhelmingly oppose media consolidation, but the FCC is poised to further relax media ownership rules.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Eric Klinenberg
Bush World Bush World
In the guise of giving us what we want, media giants have created a culture defined by untrammeled greed, the worship of power and a ruthless disregard for the public good.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Use the Tools Use the Tools
The fight over media consolidation is anachronistic. Progressives should focus instead on mastering the tools of new media--it's here, not in the corporate boardroom, where the new...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Markos Moulitsas