Police On My Back Police On My Back
First things first, we have a new Think Again column herecalled "Spying on Journalists? Why the Silence?" and a new Nation column called "The Defamation League," here, whichaddre...
Jan 29, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Iraq’s Elections: ISCI’s View Iraq’s Elections: ISCI’s View
This is the second of a three-part series in advance of Saturday's provincial elections in Iraq. Today I report on an interview with a leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Ira...
Jan 29, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Birth Control Belongs in the Stimulus Bill Birth Control Belongs in the Stimulus Bill
To the outrage of many feminists and family planners, yesterday Democrats heeded President Obama and dropped from the stimulus bill aprovision that would have made it easier for...
Jan 29, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Gore on Stimpak Energy Provisions: “Unprecedented” Gore on Stimpak Energy Provisions: “Unprecedented”
From correspondent Greg Kaufmann, a dispatch from Al Gore's testimony on the hill: Al Gore was back on the hill today, telling the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations what Cong...
Jan 28, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Iraq’s Election: What to Watch For Iraq’s Election: What to Watch For
The following is an election guide to Saturday's provincial elections in Iraq. Tomorrow and Friday I will report on interviews with two spokesmen for opposing sides of the vote. ...
Jan 28, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Disclosure Time Disclosure Time
Since the White House made it official today, I wanted to note as a matter of full disclosure that my wife Kate Shaw is now an attorney in the Office of the White House Counsel. O...
Jan 28, 2009 / Chris Hayes
A Vote Means Dignity A Vote Means Dignity
In 2007, the 600,000 disenfranchised residents of Washington, DC werejust three votes shy of overcoming aRepublican filibuster and passing legislation to givethem a voting repres...
Jan 28, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Labor Should Press Gillibrand On Trade Policy Labor Should Press Gillibrand On Trade Policy
Newly-minted New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is engaged in a political and ideological charm offensive -- moving left from the centrist (and in some cases Republican-lite) pos...
Jan 28, 2009 / John Nichols
CIW to Crist: End Slavery CIW to Crist: End Slavery
At The Nation we've written a lot about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The CIW is a worker's organization comprised chiefly of Latino, Haitian and Mayan Indian immigrants who...
Jan 28, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Worth Fighting For Worth Fighting For
This has, all things considered, been a pretty great week for the republic: executive orders increasing government transparency, banning torture, and beginning the process of clos...
Jan 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes