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Letters

Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:24


Open Letter to Berkeley Students on their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill

Wed, 03/31/2010 - 15:17
When it comes to acting to end Israeli war crimes, the international response has not suffered from too much haste but from far too little.


Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah

Wed, 03/31/2010 - 10:32
Judge them by their enemies. More evidence that Barack Obama might be shaping up as a good president is that Norman Podhoretz hates him so much.


Russians Seek Security After Subway Bombing

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 13:06
Russians will not be safe until there is a political and economic solution to the decades-long war and occupation of Chechnya and the surrounding regions.


The Cloward-Piven Strategy and The Mad Tea Party

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 10:47
Nation Senior Editor Richard Kim discusses the Cloward-Piven strategy and how Glenn Beck believes it's behind America's imminent collapse.


KBR on Trial--At Last

Mon, 03/29/2010 - 12:49
Five years after alerting authorities that she was gang-raped in Iraq, KBR/Halliburton employee Jamie Leigh Jones will finally get her day in court.


Healthcare Bill Needs Reforms

Mon, 03/29/2010 - 10:07
John Nichols explains why he is excited about the possibilities for progressive reform to the healthcare bill.


Banking on Chalabi

Sun, 03/28/2010 - 23:30
What is the secret to Ahmad Chalabi's success in Iraq? Some say it lies in his close family ties to the country's leading banks.


Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform

Fri, 03/26/2010 - 13:44
Legal experts say constitutional challenges to the healthcare reform legislation don't have a leg to stand on. But as politics, these suits could be a roaring success.


The Breakdown: An Unconstitutional Mandate?

Fri, 03/26/2010 - 09:41
Fourteen states have filed suit challenging the healthcare overhaul, particularly the individual mandate, as unconstitutional. Christopher Hayes asks Columbia law professor Gillian Metzger whether this argument holds up.


When Was the Last Time You Visited Iraq?

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 14:39
A provocative exploration of what Americans can't see in their war zones--but think they can.


Giving Power to the Fed

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 12:24
Kai Wright explains why a consumer protection agency inside the Federal Reserve does not make any sense.


Iraq After the Elections

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:41
Despite signs that Iraqis are disenchanted with sectarian politics, the electorate's votes still broke sharply along communal lines.


Noted.

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:40
John Nichols on the public option, remixed; Frederick Deknatel on sanctioning Arab satellite providers; Clarissa A. Leon on resisting the Texas Board of Ed.


Immigrants on the March

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:39
Current proposals for immigration reform might fall short, but massive protest turnout breathed new life into a movement that had fallen by the wayside.


Obama's Israel Problem

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:33
It's time for Obama to confront Netanyahu's intransigence directly.


Will ABC Let Amanpour Be Amanpour?

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:31
ABC is in a position to break open a paradigm for the Sunday interview programs.


The Hidden Cost of DNA Banking

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:28
"Bio-prospecting" is unreflective--and unregulated.


Hilda Solis: Labor's New Sheriff

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:24
The West Virginia mine explosion is the worst since a 1984 accident at Wilberg, Utah. As a union safety expert, Joe Main was on the scene then; he's now the head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration at the Department of Labor, which under Hilda Solis is taking a tough stand on labor law violations.


What Really Happened to Welfare

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:20
If there was ever a time for a serious "conspiracy" on behalf of the poor, this is it.