Giving Americans a Raise Giving Americans a Raise
This article, originally published in the April 10, 2006 issue of The Nation, was co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour for m...
Mar 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Who Is Killing New Orleans? Who Is Killing New Orleans?
Mayor-appointed commissions and experts, mostly white and Republican, propose to radically shrink and reshape a majority-black and Democratic city.
Mar 23, 2006 / Feature / Mike Davis
The Life I Didn’t Lead The Life I Didn’t Lead
A meditation on travel, art and a life fully lived.
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Linda Pastan
Strangers in the Land Strangers in the Land
Human Cargo and The Rights of Others chronicle the plight of refugees and migrants, revealing how seemingly simple moral positions can assume toxic political form.
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
The Emerging New Euroleft The Emerging New Euroleft
Europe's radical left is still struggling to articulate new strategies for social, economic and political change.
Mar 23, 2006 / Feature / Hilary Wainwright
Looking for Answers in Argentina Looking for Answers in Argentina
The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, icons of courageous demands for accountability in Argentina, marked a thirty-year milestone and a significant if imperfect victory in the fight fo...
Mar 23, 2006 / Joanne Omang
Left’s Labour Lost Left’s Labour Lost
After nine years, Tony Blair's magic has worn off. His Labour Party has mutated from an imperfect conduit of progressive change into an active obstacle to it.
Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
Brother From Another Planet Brother From Another Planet
If you missed the 1995 CUNY "Question of Identity" conference, the issue of October magazine devoted to it, the "remarkable" essay on the same subject in Diacritics or--even wo...
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
Why There’s No Strategy to End This War Why There’s No Strategy to End This War
When Democrats ignored Russ Feingold's motion to censure the President, they provided more evidence that there is no visible national strategy to end the war and bring the troops h...
Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn