Adrift in Egypt Adrift in Egypt
A brutal raid on an encampment of refugees in Cairo has focused the world's attention on the netherworld Sudanese occupy in Egypt.
Jan 13, 2006 / Feature / Negar Azimi
Compromised and Corrupted Compromised and Corrupted
Samuel Alito and his handlers have crafted a disingenuous campaign that reeks of ethical compromise, bending Senate rules, bending the truth and compromising the confirmation proce...
Jan 13, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Right-Wing Revelation Right-Wing Revelation
Samuel Alito's blunt testimony on international law revealed the extremity of his judicial philosophy and carried profound implications for rulings he might make.
Jan 12, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Working-Class Hero Working-Class Hero
While the edges continue to be smoothed off Martin Luther King Jr.'s bracing challenges to racism, war and free-market exploitation, the holiday is a time to remember a leader who...
Jan 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones
Green Power Green Power
The Green Party fell from power in recent German elections, but Greens continue to be the party to watch, a progressive influence on the world's third-largest economy.
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Part D From Outer Space Part D From Outer Space
The Bush Administration's ill-advised new prescription drug program could destroy Medicare as a benefit for all Americans.
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman
The Impeachment of George W. Bush The Impeachment of George W. Bush
The time has come to call for the impeachment of President Bush. Any President who maintains he is above the law--and acts repeatedly on that belief--seriously endangers our consit...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Elizabeth Holtzman
Your Questions for Alito Your Questions for Alito
As confirmation hearings unfold before the Senate Judiciary committee, readers of TheNation.com--and at least one high-profile magazine editor--posed their own questions about Samu...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / The Nation
Are Voters Ready to Dump Lieberman? Are Voters Ready to Dump Lieberman?
Evidence is mounting that Connecticut Democrats are dismayed by Senator Joseph Lieberman's support of President Bush and the Iraq War, giving impetus to assertions that voters are ...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Emily Biuso
Credibility Gap Credibility Gap
A significant credibility gap opened between Samuel Alito's radical judicial record and his self-portrayal as an open-minded jurist before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his se...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro