Political Science

NASA climatologist James E. Hansen won't let political pressure from the Bush Administration blunt the urgency of his research on global warming: It's not too late to mitigate the damage.

Bryan Farrell

Historians Target Iraq War

Historians and activists join forces in Texas this weekend to explore how the tools of historical analysis can bolster the case for an immediate end to the war in Iraq.

Jim O’Brien

Spin to the Right

Coretta Scott King's funeral should have been a paean to liberal values. Instead, talking heads nattered over the etiquette of speaking truth to power.

Mark Hatch-Miller

Congress Stirs to Rein in the President

In the wake of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on warrantless spying, bipartisan efforts to rein in the Bush Administration's exercise of executive power are gaining momentum.

Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

A Letter to the American Left

The American left is in a semi-comatose state, thanks to the striking ideological transformation wrought by its neoconservative battalions.

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Reversing ‘Right to Work’

Labor activists in Idaho hope to repeal repressive "Right To Work" laws and educate a new generation on the history of labor struggles.

Sasha Abramsky

A New Black Power

It's time to transform the two-party system into something more equitable by introducing smaller political groups based on special interests: Consider the power of a black voting bloc led by young people.

Walter Mosley

Democratic Alarms in PA

Robert Casey Jr.'s endorsement of Samuel Alito could cost him the support of Pennsylvania Democrats and illustrates the perils of early intervention by DC Democrats in Senate races.

John Nichols

Who Killed the Miners?

Recent mining disasters demonstrate that the Bush Administration should be called to account for replacing federal mine regulators, who were identifying hazards and meeting requirements, with industry-friendly stand-ins.

Erik Reece

The Right to Be Offended

The question raised by cartoons deemed offensive to Islam has never been whether or not to draw the line but where it should be drawn.

Gary Younge

The Cartoon Bomb

The controversy over cartoons is all about power: the power of images; the power that divides Muslim and non-Muslim Europeans, the West and the Middle East; the power of radical Islam to silence moderate voices--and the responsibility that comes with power.

the Editors

In Your Dreams, Condi

Condoleezza Rice's myopic optimism mirrors that of the delusional Dick Cheney: Witness her refusal to be alarmed by rise of Moqtada al Sadr.

Robert Scheer

Freezing Their Assets

Among the superrich, there's a growing desire to freeze themselves and their bank accounts in hopes of rising again. Talk about Groundhog Day.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Betty Friedan, 1921-2006

Betty Friedan lived a big life and wrote a big book that helped change our world, in every way, for the better.

Katha Pollitt

How Not to Spot a Terrorist

The NSA's use of artificial intelligence for "data-mining" surveillance is not only constitutionally illegal, but a technological fantasy. Why aren't the Democrats challenging it?

Alexander Cockburn

Government’s the Problem

Complicated drug plans are the result of promises fulfilled.

Calvin Trillin

Historians Target Iraq War

Historians and activists join forces in Texas this weekend to explore how the tools of historical analysis can bolster the case for an immediate end to the war in Iraq.

Jim O’Brien

A Touch of Evil

Reviews of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Battle in Heaven, Blossoms of Fire and The Fallen Idol.

Stuart Klawans

The Geography of Fear

Three new books explore how an absence of regulation and active policies of racial exclusion have shaped America's arid suburbs.

Thomas J. Sugrue

In a Lonely Place

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's legacy as both an admirable revolutionary and a profound thinker is brought to life in Vivian Gornick's The Solitude of Self.

Martha C. Nussbaum

The Color of Money

Four new books explore the politics, culture and racial awareness of the hip-hop generation.

Greg Tate

A Letter to the American Left

The American left is in a semi-comatose state, thanks to the striking ideological transformation wrought by its neoconservative battalions.

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Letters

Two recent Nation offerings have brought in huge amounts of mail: Elizabeth Holtzman's "The Impeachment of George W.