No Confidence in GOP to Challenge Gonzales No Confidence in GOP to Challenge Gonzales
New York Senator Chuck Schumer has for some weeks been calling for a vote of "no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. And it looks like he may get one – or, to be m...
Jun 9, 2007 / John Nichols
A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties
Beyond its power to jail terror detainees, the Military Commissions Act is the spearhead of a more sustained and long-term incursion on all our civil liberties. It must be rolled b...
Are We Disturbing? Are We Disturbing?
As leaders of the G-8 Summit played power politics at an opulent resort, protesters displayed a people's power, in demonstrations and at an alternative summit.
Jun 8, 2007 / Feature / Robert S. Eshelman
A Permanent Military Empire A Permanent Military Empire
To mainstream media, the Bush Administration's full-scale garrisoning of Planet Earth is simply not a news story. But in Iraq beyond, America's empire of permanent bases grows at a...
Jun 8, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Curbing Corporate America Curbing Corporate America
Corporate and CEO profits are at an all-time high. The richest 1 percent in America posses the wealth of the bottom 95 percent combined. Companies deploy hundreds of lobbyists and ...
Jun 8, 2007 / Ari Berman
The Sopranos’ Last Song The Sopranos’ Last Song
With an ominous sense of foreboding, Tony Soprano takes his last drive down the Jersey Turnpike, after seven seasons and 86 bloody, sexy, curse-ridden episodes.
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser
Hillary vs. Labor, Round II Hillary vs. Labor, Round II
Hillary Clinton's chief strategist, Mark Penn, is becoming a liability for her campaign. Following the publication of The Nation's article, Hillary Inc., the heads of two large uni...
Jun 7, 2007 / Ari Berman
Good News From Romania? Good News From Romania?
12:08 East of Bucharest is a hilariously bleak film set on the sixteenth anniversary of Romania's revolution.
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
There Is No Natural Death There Is No Natural Death
In the Iliad, there is no natural death--
everything comes about by intent
as if the pulse and very breath
we take were something meant
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart
Chinese Mirrors Chinese Mirrors
China has become like Israel: No matter the party, no matter the leader, the US government will defend its actions.
Jun 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein