Empire State For Peace Empire State For Peace
If you're a New Yorker angry about the war and the Democratic Party leadership's failure to make the case for a quick withdrawal, then add your name to a petition appealing to New...
May 30, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
The New Cheerleader The New Cheerleader
The favorite spin of the Bush administration and its amen corner in the media in recent weeks has been the line that: Aside from quagmire in Iraq, things are going great -- especi...
May 30, 2006 / John Nichols
All About Paris All About Paris
Senator Bill Frist has promised a vote to repeal the estate tax soon after Memorial Day and the spin on this issue is as egregious as it is outrageous. So let's get one thing stra...
May 30, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Failing Policy’s Last Argument A Failing Policy’s Last Argument
Having lost all positive reasons for the Iraq War, the Bush administration and its allies have fallen back on the last argument of a failing policy: We can't afford to lose in Ira...
May 30, 2006 / The Nation
MySpace, MyPolitics MySpace, MyPolitics
The massive immigrant rights protests drew participants via technology-driven organizing, from text messaging to social networks like MySpace. Is this the shape of political campai...
May 30, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
Teamsters: Changing to Win? Teamsters: Changing to Win?
A strong Teamsters union is a powerful weapon in the fight for all working people. But the Teamsters need to rebuild their own house before they can rebuild labor's.
May 30, 2006 / Feature / William Johnson
Time Is on Their Side Time Is on Their Side
Time magazine's new managing editor has inherited an editorial model that's under siege and a pundit lineup that tilts squarely to the right.
May 30, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Time to Mourn A Time to Mourn
The wisdom of wars can be debated on any day, and this column has not hesitated to question the thinking -- or, to be more precise, the lack of thinking -- that has led the United...
May 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada
Former Heisman trophy winner and ganja-smoking peacenik Ricky Williams is contemplating the sweet life in the Canadian Football League. Here's hoping he finds it.
May 26, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Sorel’s People Sorel’s People
In Literary Lives, caricaturist Edward Sorel tells all and then some about giants like Yeats, Proust, Hellman and Jung within the humble frame of a comic strip.
May 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman