In the Black(water) In the Black(water)
Hurricane victims are still homeless in New Orleans, but thanks to the federal government's $30 million contract bonanza, Blackwater USA's profits are soaring.
May 22, 2006 / Jeremy Scahill
Iraq Uncensored Iraq Uncensored
The Bush administration has censored photographs of the wounded, body bags, and flag-draped coffins. Imagine its fears over large numbers of Americans viewing Jon Alpert and Matt...
May 21, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
McCain at New School: Honeymoon is Over McCain at New School: Honeymoon is Over
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen "I haven't heard anyone aroused about me speaking at the New School," John McCain said in April, defending his decision to address Jerry Falwell'...
May 19, 2006 / The Nation
Food Fight! Food Fight!
The fast food industry is taking a few knocks lately. Eric Schlosser, author of the phenomenally successful Fast Food Nation, has just published a kid's book, Chew On This: Ever...
May 19, 2006 / The Nation
The Real John Conyers The Real John Conyers
The Republicans are waging a desperate campaign of Rovian proportions to maintain their one-party reign in Congress. Fear, as we have seen time and again, is their most powerful w...
May 19, 2006 / The Nation
Immigration and the Security-Technology Complex Immigration and the Security-Technology Complex
Among the chilling proposals in Bush's immigration speech was a plan for a "new identification card for every legal foreign worker" that would use "biometric technology, such as d...
May 19, 2006 / The Nation
“An Affront to the Constitution” “An Affront to the Constitution”
It's an election year, so, quick, let's amend the Constitution. Absurd as it sounds, that is the thinking of the Senate Republican leadership, which is rushing to draft, debate a...
May 19, 2006 / John Nichols
The Scramble for Oil The Scramble for Oil
The Bush Administration's warm embrace of the Equatorial Guinea's despotic President Teodoro Mbasogo demonstrates how low it will go in pursuit of oil.
May 18, 2006 / Feature / Cora Currier
The Tragedy of Undue Pressure The Tragedy of Undue Pressure
Last month I wrote about Haditha, Iraq and allegations that innocent Iraqi civilians had been shot and killed by a unit of U.S. Marines. Today, Rep. John Murtha stated that a mili...
May 18, 2006 / The Nation
Ralph’s Day with Rudy Ralph’s Day with Rudy
John McCain's commencement address at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University attracted a great deal of media scrutiny. Will Rudy Giuliani's big money fundraiser with Ralph Reed today ...
May 18, 2006 / The Nation