Bush's Shadow Army
Jeremy Scahill : An investigation into Blackwater USA reveals a frightening picture of a politically connected private army that serves as the administration's Praetorian guard.
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Sam Graham-Felsen on the student anti-war movement, Roberto Lovato on LA gangs, Steve Fraser on Carnegie and Mellon
Articles
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The Smog of Race War in LA
Roberto Lovato : Battles between the city's black and Latino gangs are the outcome of a dismal racial and economic situation.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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The December 7 Massacre
: The case of the Gonzales Eight proves the White House sees no legal limit on presidential power.
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Congress, End the War
: After four years in Iraq, America and the world are crying for a way out of the bloodshed. Can Democrats lead the way?
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Soft-Core Sexism
Lakshmi Chaudhry : If movies reflect our shared consensus about right and wrong, Black Snake Moan speaks volumes about twenty-first-century America.
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Antiwar Students Rising
Sam Graham-Felsen : As the student peace movement grows stronger and more sophisticated, can it ignite the silent antiwar majority on campus?
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King of Calypso
Walter Mosley : In praise of Harry Belafonte, on his eightieth birthday.
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Swords Into Plowshares
Jason Mark : As rural America becomes ground zero for Iraq casualties, Farms Not Arms is urging farmers to attend anti-war rallies and recruiting families to give refuge to returning vets.
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Robert Engler
: Remembering the political economist who brought to contemporary issues the research and philosophical vision of a scholar.
Reviews
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Made in USA
Perry Anderson : Two books about Kofi Annan illuminate the controlling relationship between the US and the United Nations.
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Take the Money and Run
Steve Fraser : New biographies of Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon depict the two primeval capitalists in all their contradictory complexity.
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Here Comes Another 'Crime Wave'
Alexander Cockburn : Will any candidate have the fortitude to link America's crimes abroad with crime at home?
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Europeans Do It Better
Katha Pollitt : In an overpopulated and warming world, isn't it weird that governments are encouraging large families?
Web
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Emerging Writers
The Revolution Will Be You-Tubed
Wes Enzinna : Antiwar activists are using the video-sharing site to reach new audiences and counter mainstream media bias.
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Southpaw
Gary Tyler's Quest for Justice
Dave Zirin : Sports figures are joining the crusade to free a Louisiana man convicted as a teenager of a murder he didn't commit.
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TruthDig
Saddam's Last Laugh
Robert Scheer : A majority of Iraqis now say it's OK to attack American troops. Thanks, George.
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The Porn Plot Against Prosecutors
Max Blumenthal : A US Attorney fired just as he began investigating a GOP lawmaker for corruption is now being smeared by the White House and its top porn cop.
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Descent into March Madness
Robert Lipsyte : Robert Lipsyte takes a shot at the corruption, exploitation and hypocrisy of the NCAA championships.
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Howl
Credit Card Tricks
Nicholas von Hoffman : Banks no longer lend money to people able to pay them back. Now they trap the poor, the sick, students and elderly people into signing up for credit cards and watch the fees pile up.
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Bush's Shadow Army
Jeremy Scahill : A VideoNation report on the Bush Administration's growing dependence on private security forces such as Blackwater USA and efforts in Congress to rein them in.
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Breakin' It Down!
Students will get busy over spring break with anti-death penalty activities. We go to Austin, Texas, to interview Hooman Hedayati, president of Texas Students Against the Death Penalty.
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Hip-Hop Chaos In Context
Self-described "cockeyed Idealist" Jeff Chang talks about his new book and the future of hip-hop culture.
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Ward Him Off: Anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly announces his new plans
Anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly announces his new plans.
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Mommy Tracked: How the tenure process discriminates against female professors
How the tenure process discriminates against female professors.
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Separate but Unequal Dorms: How a disabled student fought for, and won, fair treatment from her university
How a disabled student fought for, and won, fair treatment from her university.
Cover by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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