Rights of Passage Rights of Passage
How can momentum be restored to the struggle for human rights? Begin by drawing the world's religions into the conversation.
Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / Eyal Press
Playing the God Card Playing the God Card
It's not Romney's Mormon faith that threatens the core values of a secular nation. It's Huckabee's messianic candidacy.
Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / John Nichols
Crime and Cover-Up Crime and Cover-Up
The CIA tapes' destruction and violation of anti-torture statutes they recorded require a special prosecutor.
Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors
Why I Won’t Be Invited to Mitt Romney’s White House Why I Won’t Be Invited to Mitt Romney’s White House
My top-ten list of reasons why I gave God the old heave-ho.
Dec 12, 2007 / Editorial / Annabelle Gurwitch
Waterboarding Democracy Waterboarding Democracy
Why did four key members of Congress failed to inform the public and the 9/11 Commission about the use of torture on terror suspects?
Dec 12, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels
CIA, Department of Justice, White House--and members of Congress--ran through every legal and procedural red light designed to prevent criminal conduct and its cover-up.
Bonfire of the Disney Princesses Bonfire of the Disney Princesses
Disney's idea of sex doesn't belong in the pre-K playroom. Parents, unite: make a holiday bonfire of all that plastic and tulle: let your girls be girls again.
Dec 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich
Sports 2007: It Was a Very Bad Year Sports 2007: It Was a Very Bad Year
Michael Vick's sentencing to twenty-three months in prison caps a depressing and scandalous year for professional sports.
Dec 10, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
It’s Our Web It’s Our Web
Stop corporate robots from taking over the Web. Freespeech.org explains how relentless marketing and data-mining puts your privacy in peril.
Dec 10, 2007 / Video / The Nation Video
Our Inalienable Human Rights Our Inalienable Human Rights
Despite their political differences, Americans are strikingly united on the value of human rights, according to a new poll sponsored by The Nation.
Dec 10, 2007 / Feature / Alan Jenkins