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February 6, 2006 Issue

Patricia Williams challenges President Bush’s unchecked impulses, David Oshinsky reviews three new books on race and Sharon Lerner exp…

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Editorial

The Alito Failure

As Samuel Alito cruises toward confirmation, the process of vetting him demonstrates the price we pay for one-party government.

Ethics-Go-Round

The House Ethics Committee has been defunct for a year: If now is not the time for both parties to get serious on Congressional ethics, when will it be?

Rocking the House

The time is ripe for progressives to revitalize the state of our union: Americans are ready to undo the damage of the Bush era and turn to a just and peaceful future.

Column

You’ve Got Jail

Obsessed voyeurs in the Bush Administration are poking their noses into everyone's business, with the help of Internet giants like Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo.

Foggy Bottom

If we are suspending the law in deference to Bush's unchecked impulses, let's call it by its proper name: Benign lawlessness? Gitmo Governance? Fear Factor?

Letters

Feature

President Jonah

As his State of the Union message approaches, we deserve a rest from the fundamentalist presidency of G.W. Bush, whose guiding principles are antithetical to democracy and will ...

The Big Fix

Repair America's infrastructure, starting with New Orleans; resettle displaced people in the city, give them construction jobs and pay all a fair wage.

Realistic Immigration

Grant legal status to hard-working, tax-paying immigrants; give up the illusion that law enforcement alone will solve immigration problems.

Raising Up Youth

Insure funding for programs with proven success rehabilitating violent youths and avoid the failures of the prison system.

Good Government

Elect a Democratic Congress in 2006; restore ethics to Congress; block the appointment of cronies to key posts; stop the politicization of science.

Saving Small Farmers

Give small farmers and ranchers help to compete with global agricultural giants; enact farmer-friendly solutions to existing destructive trade policies.

Model Healthcare

Pass new legislation to insure the best healthcare for America's military personnel and make the Veterans Administration a model healthcare system.

Employee Free Choice

Pass the Employee Free Choice Act to create more unions, keep workers safe from labor-law violations, preserve middle-class jobs and stabilize the economy.

More Media Owners

Stop the dumbing down of America: Enact real reform to prevent the shrinking market of ideas caused by concentration of media properties in the hands of the few.

Medicare for All

Create a stable healthcare system. Start by expanding the current Medicare system to cover more children and vulnerable adults.

A War We Can Win

Win the global war against disease--AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and pandemics. America must deliver more food, medicine and development aid to poorer nations.

The Right to Vote

Approve a Voting Rights Amendment to the Constitution, granting all the right to vote; craft a unitary voting system for federal, state and local elections, guaranteeing an honest ...

Books & the Arts

President Jonah

As his State of the Union message approaches, we deserve a rest from the fundamentalist presidency of G.W. Bush, whose guiding principles are antithetical to democracy and will ...

Soul Eyes

Fra Angelico's genius for depicting the interior life--states of love, spirituality or anguish--is stirring the interest of contemporary artists.

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