The Senate’s Fighting Liberal The Senate’s Fighting Liberal
Sen. Ted Kennedy has passed away at the age of 77. This 2002 Nation profile by the late Jack Newfield captures the essence of what this legend meant to the progressive movement.
Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / Jack Newfield
Kucinich Rocks the Boat Kucinich Rocks the Boat
Dennis Kucinich never doubted that millions of Americans had deep concerns about George W. Bush's ever-expanding war on ill-defined foes abroad and on civil liberties at home. Bu...
Mar 7, 2002 / John Nichols
The Marvel of the Obvious The Marvel of the Obvious
"There are things/We live among 'and to see them/Is to know ourselves.'" These three lines are among the most stirring written by George Oppen, a poet whose modesty and honesty p...
Mar 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Central Asia’s Heroin Problem Central Asia’s Heroin Problem
From Afghan farms into the Tajik mountains, the drug trade cuts a wide swath.
Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / Aram Roston
Law’s the Law in Boston Law’s the Law in Boston
Boston's Bernard Cardinal Law deserves the Watergate Award for Obfuscatory Declamation: He has characterized his nearly two decades of cover-up of felonies--namely, the rape and m...
Mar 7, 2002 / Margaret Spillane
The Bush Plan for a Shadow Government The Bush Plan for a Shadow Government
A place was found for Mr. Cheney Where, even if the missiles rain, he Can carry on his governing nonstop. They then found bunkers down so far That closed-lip Bushies even are...
Mar 7, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Mother-Worship Mother-Worship
This is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on the women's rights movement and feminism, click here fo...
Mar 6, 2002 / Feature / The Nation
The Making of a Militant The Making of a Militant
This article originally appeared in the December 1, 1926, issue, inaugurating a feature called "These Modern Women," "a series of anonymous articles giving the personal backgrounds...
Mar 6, 2002 / Feature
Wave of Election Reform Hits California. Wave of Election Reform Hits California.
As partisan squabbles in the US Senate continue to delay meaningful action on election reforms proposed after the Florida recount crisis of 2000, California voters are taking ball...
Mar 6, 2002 / John Nichols
Birth Control Wins Birth Control Wins
Two events which occurred at the end of 1936 may signify a turning-point in the birth-control movement in America.
Mar 6, 2002 / Feature / Hannah M. Stone