Dodd Refuses to Cave on Domestic Spying Dodd Refuses to Cave on Domestic Spying
As his fellow Democrats rush to pass the President's intelligence bill, Christopher Dodd stands his ground.
Oct 22, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber
Baghdad on the Bayou Baghdad on the Bayou
On the Oct. 19 edition of Bill Moyers' Journal The Nation 's Jeremy Scahill tells of how Blackwater USA President Erik Prince sent armed guards to New Orleans to provide security...
Oct 22, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill
The New GOP Means Business The New GOP Means Business
Forget Values Voters. With Bushism discredited and mainstream Republicans looking for candidates with business savvy and competence, Democrats may be facing far more formidable foe...
Pelosi’s Stark Rebuke Pelosi’s Stark Rebuke
It's not suprising that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized 18-term Congressman Pete Stark for his heartfelt and emotional comments about the Republican's failure to override Bus...
Oct 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rudy, Romney Pray For Acceptance From Religious Right Rudy, Romney Pray For Acceptance From Religious Right
In a speech before 2,000 "Value Voters" today, Rudy Giuliani decided to cherry-pick from his past instead of entirely ignoring it. Giuliani's decision to draw upon his time as New...
Oct 20, 2007 / The Nation
Moyers/Scahill Expose Blackwater Moyers/Scahill Expose Blackwater
Tonight, October 19, at 9:00pm (EST) on PBS, Bill Moyers will interview Nation Institute Fellow Jeremy Scahill, author of the national bestseller Blackwater (Nation Books) on the ...
Oct 19, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Hillary’s Chinatown Express Hillary’s Chinatown Express
The Los Angeles Times ran an eyebrow-raising story this morning about how Hillary Clinton is raising money from a highly unlikely source: New York's Chinatown. "Dishwashers, ...
Oct 19, 2007 / Ari Berman
“[Expletive] the Jews. They Didn’t Vote for Us Anyway” “[Expletive] the Jews. They Didn’t Vote for Us Anyway”
Has George Bush ever been to a bar mitzvah or eaten a blintz? Rudy Giuliani has -- dozens of times. The Bush family has been never been very popular with Jews, but Giuliani won a...
Oct 19, 2007 / Jon Wiener
The Cinema of Terror The Cinema of Terror
Three new films--Rendition, The Kingdom and Redacted--take on the clash of civilizations. How does the "war on terror" look on the big screen?
Oct 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
An Assault on Media Diversity and Democracy An Assault on Media Diversity and Democracy
President Bush is the lamest of lame-duck chief executives, with no moral authority, no legislative majority and no popular domestic or foreign-policy agendas. So what can he do w...
Oct 18, 2007 / John Nichols