The Business of Jihad

From behind the lines of Iraq's insurgency.

David Enders

Disharmony in Kurdistan

Seb Walker exposes the fissures not only between Iraqi Kurds and Arabs but among the Kurds themselves.

Seb Walker

No Death Penalty for New York

On January 27th, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported that New York Stat

Mark Hatch-Miller

Europe by, and for, Itself

A look at the real Europe--and at the real issues it has with US policy.

Norman Birnbaum

Knowing What You’re Talking About

"Expert testimony" does not mean having a badge or a degree.

Liliana Segura

Sects and Solidarity in Iraq

Despite talk of civil war, Sunnis and Shiites seem more united than divided.

Dahr Jamail

Now He Has the Power

What will Dean do with the DNC?

John Nichols

Presidential Rorschach Test

Mikola Duzyj

Arthur Miller

When a figure like the playwright Arthur Miller dies, his greatness swells in retrospect in a mound of accumulated tributes and memories; attention is paid to the plays--so deeply American--that

the Editors

Free-Speech Fights

Rummaging through Yale University's library shelves in early 2001 to prepare a talk on news media and genocide, I came across a study of nineteenth-century Colorado newspapers by Ward Churchill.

Bruce Shapiro

Beyond Boycotts

Absent George W. Bush's undergoing a conversion like St. Paul's on the road to Damascus, there probably won't be much good environmental news out of Washington in Bush's second term.

Mark Hertsgaard

Tort ‘Reform’ Triumphs

Click here to read Zegart's October 25, 2004 Nation piece to read more on the right wing's drive for tort "reform."

Dan Zegart

The Lynne Stewart Trial

Click here for info on how you can help Lynne Stewart.

David Cole

Shooting the Messenger

Click here to read Christian Parenti's March 29, 2004 Nation article on the abuse of Arab journalists by the US military in Iraq.

Jeremy Scahill

Mideast Mirage?

Four and a half years after the outbreak of the second intifada, Israel and the Palestinian Authority have signed a cease-fire agreement in Sharm el Sheik, and the peace process appears to be rev

the Editors

Of, by and for Big Business

Watching the 109th Congress, one would be forgiven for thinking our Constitution was the blueprint for a government of Big Business, by Big Business and for Big Business.

Robert Scheer

Back to Salem

Off goes former Father Paul Shanley to state prison in Massachusetts for twelve to fifteen years, convicted of digitally raping and otherwise sexually abusing Paul Busa two decades ago.

Alexander Cockburn

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice, who is cold as ice, is precise with her advice. Yes, she is quite precise, and, yes, she's cold as ice.

Calvin Trillin

In Radical Matrimony

Suzanne Wasserman's documentary Thunder in Guyana, which airs on PBS's Independent Lens series at 10 pm on February 22, is the first in-depth look at Janet Jagan, former president of Guyan

Baz Dreisinger

When Seeing Was Believing

In Hegel's formidable system of aesthetics, fine art fulfills its highest calling when "it has placed itself in the same sphere as religion and philosophy." Philosophy, religion and fine art are

Arthur C. Danto

Dazed and Confused

Perhaps no cultural phenomenon has been as successful at demonizing alcohol as MTV's The Real World. Watch it sometime. You'll never want to drink again.

Suzy Hansen

Constantine

About two-thirds of the speaking characters in Constantine are either demons or angels.

Stuart Klawans

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