Bolivia Steps on the Gas Bolivia Steps on the Gas
Bolivian President Evo Morales is taking a risk in nationalizing his country's natural gas fields--but it reflects growing discontent across Latin America over unfair deals with ba...
May 11, 2006 / Daphne Eviatar
The New Kerry The New Kerry
After years of vacillation, John Kerry has gone bold, finding his voice on Iraq and national security and thinking hard about running for President. But his future cannot be separa...
May 11, 2006 / Ari Berman
For a Sane Energy Policy For a Sane Energy Policy
There is no piecemeal solution to the gas price crisis. It's a systemic sickness that goes to the root of the American way of life: big cars, big oil, big business and sprawl.
May 11, 2006 / The Editors
Block that Cliche! Block that Cliche!
Most people agree that it's unattractive to try to stop a campusspeaker--however odious--who comes simply to present a point of view.But the choice of commencement speaker is a di...
May 11, 2006 / The Nation
A Corporate Horror Story A Corporate Horror Story
While everyone I know waits for Patrick Fitzgerald's next move--will he or won't he indict Karl Rove?-- I eagerly await the verdict in the Enron trial. Remember that giant corpo...
May 11, 2006 / The Nation
Watching What You Say Watching What You Say
How are AT&T, Sprint, MCI and other telecommunications giants cooperating with the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program?
May 11, 2006 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
The Bada Bing Club The Bada Bing Club
In a must-read Chigago Tribune op-ed, GWU law professor Jonathan Turley makes the striking but often ignored point that the Bush Administration has a penchant for hiring those who...
May 11, 2006 / The Nation
Mary vs. Kerry Mary vs. Kerry
The election is history, but the war between a Cheney (Mary) and a Kerry (John) lives on. In her new memoir, Now It's My Turn, Cheney's lesbian daughter calls Kerry a "son of a b...
May 10, 2006 / The Nation
FEMA Braces for Another Storm FEMA Braces for Another Storm
With hurricane season approaching and another Bush crony at the helm of FEMA, a few restive lawmakers are seeking real reform for the storm-tossed agency. Whether they will succeed...
May 10, 2006 / Feature / Bryan Farrell
Byrd Is Soaring Byrd Is Soaring
U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, ardent critic of President Bush's decision to go to war with Iraq, outspoken opponent of the administration's domestic-spying program and chief Congressi...
May 10, 2006 / The Nation