The ‘Off-Year Primary’ The ‘Off-Year Primary’
As presidential hopefuls from both parties press their advantage on the platform of the 2006 midterm election, the winners are...
Nov 6, 2006 / John Nichols
Bring Democracy Home Bring Democracy Home
To repair our broken voting system, declare Election Day a holiday, establish national election standards and require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.
Nov 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Baker Report, Leaked! The Baker Report, Leaked!
Stay the course? Cut and run? Cut the crap? What will former Secretary of State James A. Baker III propose after the midterm elections, when the bipartisan Iraq Study Group reveals...
Nov 2, 2006 / Evan Eisenberg
The Tao of Borat The Tao of Borat
What are we laughing at when we laugh at Borat?
Nov 2, 2006 / Richard Goldstein
War Criminals, Beware War Criminals, Beware
Human rights advocates are pressing German courts to prosecute Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales and other Bush Administration officials for war crimes. They just might succeed.
Nov 2, 2006 / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
IRV, a Better Way IRV, a Better Way
Instant Runoff Voting will get a crucial test in four local elections on November 7.
Oct 27, 2006 / Krist Novoselic
Nation Notes Nation Notes
The Nation Institute establishes the Spira-Lopez Journalism Internship for college students and graduates of Hispanic or Latino origin.
Oct 26, 2006 / The Editors
A Salute to Molly Ivins A Salute to Molly Ivins
Her writing--sharp, satirical, infused with the spirit of skepticism--reminds us that dissent rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.
Oct 26, 2006 / Lewis Lapham
Return to Chelyabinsk Return to Chelyabinsk
A G-8 plan to ramp up nuclear energy is defended as a necessary response to global warming. But the nuclear waste it generates will hurt people and the planet.
Oct 26, 2006 / Mark Hertsgaard
What Is at Stake What Is at Stake
November 7 is suddenly looking like a fateful election that could change the flow of politics in ways nobody anticipated.
Oct 26, 2006 / The Editors