Politics

Wrongly Held, Never Tried, Fighting Back Wrongly Held, Never Tried, Fighting Back

The Tipton Three embody a nightmare scenario of the "war on terror": Young British men visiting Pakistan for a wedding wound up accused of terrorism in Afghanistan, imprisoned and ...

Dec 9, 2005 / Feature / Sarah Goldstein

A Transcript A Transcript

9/11 Commission calling, with questions on accountability. But from the White House side of the line come on answers, only talking points.

Dec 8, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Minority/Majority Minority/Majority

The Democratic Leadership Council purports to speak for Democrats, yet still employs former Christian Coalition official Marshall Wittmann to parrot dishonest right-wing talking po...

Dec 8, 2005 / Editorial / David Sirota

Conspiracy to Torture Conspiracy to Torture

No nation is immune from the insidious downward spiral signified by torture. In this special issue, The Nation confronts the sweeping moral seriousness what the torture conspiracy ...

Dec 8, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors

Secrets and Lies Secrets and Lies

By the time the first prisoners were taken in Iraq, a green light to abuse had been issued in writing. Now torture is cloaked in a veil of secrecy, with obscured statistics, dismis...

Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Karen J. Greenberg

The Torture Administration The Torture Administration

Despite what we know of history, it comes as a shock to discover that American leaders would open the way for torture of prisoners, that the President would fight legislation prohi...

Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Anthony Lewis

Democracy for Sale Democracy for Sale

A trove of new documents detailing the corruption and influence-peddling by Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed and Tom DeLay is sweeping the high-minded prophets of the Republican revolutio...

Dec 7, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

Killing the Messenger Killing the Messenger

It's one thing for our State Department to plant phony stories in the media or jam broadcasts in Cuba. It's quite another for conservative policy analyst Frank Gaffney bolster's Ge...

Dec 1, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Reprehensible Reprehensible

Dick Cheney channels Nat King Cole in an unforgettable rendition of the meaning of the word "reprehensible."

Dec 1, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Abramoff Effect The Abramoff Effect

The controversy surrounding conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff is creating headaches for red-state and swing-state Republicans and opportunities for Democrats to turn a national ...

Dec 1, 2005 / Editorial / John Nichols

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