Should Mothers Work Fulltime? Should Mothers Work Fulltime?
Oh dear, the bell's been rung on another round of the Mommy Wars. According to a new Pew survey, more Americans think mothers shouldn't work full time, and more mothers think tha...
Jul 18, 2007 / The Notion / E.J. Graff
Sleepless in the Senate Sleepless in the Senate
Matthew Blake reports from Capitol Hill: Full disclosure: this humble reporter left the Capitol at 1 am but continued watching on C-Span until 2:30 am before nodding off. The Sena...
Jul 18, 2007 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Don’t Fence in the Web! Don’t Fence in the Web!
The genius of the Internet, from the distant moment of its inception to the present day, has been its tendency toward openness, freedom and equality. On the great frontier of digit...
Jul 18, 2007 / The Notion / John Nichols
Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq
The conservative movement has cracked apart. If any more evidencewas needed, check out Editor & Publisher's website for an articleabout Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper and it...
Jul 17, 2007 / The Notion / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Deconstructing the Benchmarks Deconstructing the Benchmarks
Last week the Bush Administration announced that the Iraqi government had made "satisfactory" progress on just 8 of the 18 benchmarks the Administration and Congress set ...
Jul 17, 2007 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Unjust Execution Delayed Unjust Execution Delayed
Guest post by Liliana Segura. Liliana is a member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and has written on the death penalty for The Nation and other publications. UPDATE: This...
Jul 16, 2007 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson
Sectarian extremists invaded the U.S. Senate chamber Thursday, chanting "There's only one true God" and denouncing religious pluralism as an "abomination." The...
Jul 13, 2007 / The Notion / John Nichols
FEMA: Still F’d Up FEMA: Still F’d Up
Written and Reported by Matthew Blake Gulf Coast residents who've witnessed the incompetence of FEMA might find dark humor in the federal agency's unifying effect. Democratic and ...
Jul 12, 2007 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Taylor Testifies—Sort Of Taylor Testifies—Sort Of
The news was that there was no news. She showed up and testified--but in the end former White House political director Sara Taylor didn't--or couldn't--say much. Again and again ...
Jul 11, 2007 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Pax Pelosi Pax Pelosi
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has demonstrated admirable shrewdness in the fight she provoked with her own Democrats over approving new trade agreements for George W. Bush. She backed...
Jul 11, 2007 / The Notion / William Greider