Time to Call It Torture Time to Call It Torture
The New York Times is finally calling it torture—when someone else has admitted to it.
Nov 18, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Without Artifice: On William Brennan Without Artifice: On William Brennan
Justice William Brennan's watchword was human dignity, and to protect it he interpreted individual rights expansively.
Nov 17, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere
Even proponents of repeal assume that DADT only interferes with the ability of gay servicemembers to serve openly, leaving them to conduct their private lives in, well, private. We...
Nov 16, 2010 / Daniel Redman and Ilona Turner
Solidarity in New Haven Solidarity in New Haven
The recent campus mobilization at Yale is only the latest student effort to organize around and impact the safety of local residents.
Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky
Students and Sex Work Students and Sex Work
Canadian students, sex workers and researchers respond to UK study on students' willingness to consider sex work.
Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu
Lou Dobbs: Two Times A Hypocrite Lou Dobbs: Two Times A Hypocrite
Lou Dobbs is as two-faced when it comes to business advice as he is about immigration policy.
Nov 12, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment? Slide Show: Were The Newburgh Four Victims of FBI Entrapment?
On October 18, 2010, a federal jury convicted David Williams IV, James Cromitie, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen on charges of conspiring to fire missiles at military planes and o…
Nov 12, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Lou Dobbs: New Show, Same Old Hypocrisy? Lou Dobbs: New Show, Same Old Hypocrisy?
When it comes to his record on business reporting, Dobbs's hypocrisy has been no less flagrant.
Nov 12, 2010 / Isabel Macdonald
Voting on the Death Penalty? Voting on the Death Penalty?
American support for the death penalty is flagging. So why did some candidates make it an election issue?
Nov 11, 2010 / Anna Louie Sussman
George W. Bush: Torturer-in-Chief George W. Bush: Torturer-in-Chief
Bush has now publicly admitted to signing off on the CIA's torture tactics. That seals the case against him.
Nov 10, 2010 / Editorial / David Cole