Grace Paley, 1922-2007 Grace Paley, 1922-2007
I am so sad that Grace Paley has died. She was a great writer --every word as pungent as pumpernickel-- with a great subject, the daily lives of women in jewish-immigrant-bo...
Aug 26, 2007 / Katha Pollitt
Iraq: “Worst Day Since Vietnam” for Hawaii Iraq: “Worst Day Since Vietnam” for Hawaii
The death of 14 army soldiers in a helicopter crash in northern Iraq on August 23 included ten stationed in Hawaii, making that Hawaii's "worst day . . . since the Vietnam War...
Aug 25, 2007 / Jon Wiener
GOP Attacks John Warner for Failing to Echo George Bush GOP Attacks John Warner for Failing to Echo George Bush
Here is how things work today at the top levels of the party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. One of the Republican party's most prominent senators, a fo...
Aug 24, 2007 / John Nichols
Bush’s Napoleonic Folly Bush’s Napoleonic Folly
Bush's war on Iraq mirrors Napoleon's invasion of Egypt--two disastrous attempts to reshape the Middle East.
Education Among the Devastation Education Among the Devastation
Post-Katrina student life is a balance of stress, studies and hope for the future.
Aug 24, 2007 / The Nation
Future Civil Rights: Next Move Is Ours Future Civil Rights: Next Move Is Ours
We don't need to look for another Malcolm X or Martin Luther King Jr. to change our communities. We need to believe in ourselves.
Aug 24, 2007 / The Nation
What Are Political Action Committees? What Are Political Action Committees?
Political gold diggers abound throughout Washington, DC, and US state capitals. But what are PACs, what do they want and how do they affect us?
Aug 24, 2007 / The Nation
Warner Buys Bush Time Warner Buys Bush Time
Senator John Warner's call yesterday for an "orderly and carefully planned withdrawal" from Iraq is being read in Washington as yet another devastating blow to President ...
Aug 24, 2007 / Ari Berman
Stop Fox’s Fear-Mongering Stop Fox’s Fear-Mongering
With Iraq reaching previously unimaginable levels of violence, with the US military stretched to the breaking point and with America's international reputation in tatters, it's re...
Aug 23, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Silent Witness Silent Witness
A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is to blame for the tragedy.
Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman