The Edwards Primary The Edwards Primary
Barack Obama had planned to veer off the "Potomac Primary" campaign trail after his last rally in Baltimore tonight and fly to Chapel Hill for a private meeting with John Edwards....
Feb 11, 2008 / John Nichols
A Campaign to Stop Stoning A Campaign to Stop Stoning
Iranian judges apparently didn't get the memo about the moratorium onstoning issued in 2002 by Ayatollah Shahroudi, head of the judiciary.According to Amnesty International, nin...
Feb 11, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Imagine 50 Million American Refugees Imagine 50 Million American Refugees
I'm an innumerate, but the figures on this -- the saddest story of our Iraq debacle -- are so large that even I can do the necessary computations. The population of the United Sta...
Feb 11, 2008 / TomDispatch
Dems Fight Spying with Clinton and Obama MIA Dems Fight Spying with Clinton and Obama MIA
A trio of Democratic House Committee Chairmen are stepping up the fight against President Bush's surveillance bill this week, vowing to beat back a controversial proposal to grant ...
Feb 11, 2008 / Ari Melber
As Maine Goes… As Maine Goes…
Barack Obama won the Maine caucuses by a wide margin Sunday night, securing 59 percent of the vote to just 40 percent for Hillary Clinton. That's 15 more delegates for Obama, nin...
Feb 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Antiwar Group Collapses Antiwar Group Collapses
Tom Matzzie, leader of Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, has resigned his position and dissolved a major and well-funded coalition of anti-war groups.
Feb 9, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Shame of St. Louis The Shame of St. Louis
Over the past seven years, as Michael Reynolds wrote in a Nation cover story last June, George W. Bush's faith-based Administration has transformed the small-time abstinence-only ...
Feb 8, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Guatemalans Seek Redress in Spanish Court Guatemalans Seek Redress in Spanish Court
As Americans consider who to choose as their next President, Guatemalan Mayans seek justice for Reagan-era atrocities.
Feb 8, 2008 / Allan Nairn
Defending Clinton’s Virtual Town Hall Defending Clinton’s Virtual Town Hall
Hillary Clinton is under fire again for planted questions, but this time she did nothing wrong. Clinton pulled a Perot this week, buying a full hour of national television to dire...
Feb 8, 2008 / Ari Melber
Undoing the Bush Legacy Undoing the Bush Legacy
No matter who becomes the next President, the clammy fingers of Bush and Cheney will be wrapped around vital national policies. It's up to Congress to break their grip.
Feb 8, 2008 / Aziz Huq