Enron Rules Still Apply Enron Rules Still Apply
True reform in the wake of the Enron scandal means tightening the standards of corporate law so that executives who abuse their power are held accountable for their crimes.
Jun 1, 2006 / The Editors
Dixie Chicks are No. 1 Dixie Chicks are No. 1
Cultural conservatives, who have been busy of late trying to claim that the rebellious songs of The Who are other rock groups are really right-wing anthems, have misread America's...
Jun 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor
The University of California has thrown its weight behind an antisweatshop initiative on campus logowear, proof that conscientious consumers can humanize the forces of global capit...
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum
Occupation Unhinged Occupation Unhinged
The US occupation of Iraq is spiraling out of control. Just when it seems like America couldn't be any more unpopular in Iraq, and around the world, comes the word Haditha. A ho...
Jun 1, 2006 / The Nation
Galbraith Remembered Galbraith Remembered
At a memorial service for John Kenneth Galbraith at Harvard University's Memorial Church, economist and biographer Richard Parker eulogized an extraordinary man.
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Richard Parker
‘The Republic’s Most Valuable Subversive’ ‘The Republic’s Most Valuable Subversive’
It seemed right that John Kenneth Galbraith had the last word at his memorial service. "My father's last book was devoted to the destructiveness of war, the unimaginable cruelty ...
Jun 1, 2006 / The Nation
McCain Dumps Duke’s GOP Successor McCain Dumps Duke’s GOP Successor
There's some ugly trouble for Republicans out here in Southern California. Just days before the June 6 special election to replace jailed former Congressman Duke Cunningham, Senat...
Jun 1, 2006 / The Nation
Taken for Granted: Ford Replies Taken for Granted: Ford Replies
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May 31, 2006 / Scott Sherman and Our Readers
Former Bush AIDS Czar Slams US Policies Former Bush AIDS Czar Slams US Policies
Five years ago Scott Evertz headed the US delegation to UNGASS where 189 member countries signed the historic Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. In the glacial bureaucracy of ...
May 31, 2006 / The Nation
The Center for Selective Facts The Center for Selective Facts
In response to accusations fromWake Up Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart denies funding the far-right Center for Union Facts (CUF), whose creepy and misleading anti-union ads you may have seen ...
May 31, 2006 / The Nation