Fighting Israel’s Wall

The International Court of Justice has ruled Israel's "Separation Wall" illegal and has called on Israel to dismantle the wall.

Ann Petter

Out With Gerrymanders!

This April, in the case of Vieth v. Jubelirer, the Supreme Court came close to burying any hope of curing one of the worst diseases in our ailing democracy--the partisa...

Herman Schwartz

Ri¢hie Bu$h

Peter Kuper

True Patriotism

The Fourth of July is traditionally a time for reading the Declaration of Independence and listening to patriotic speeches.

Eric Foner

SweatX Closes Up Shop

The pilot manufacturing factory for SweatX, the noble anti-sweatshop brand that aspired to prove that fully unionized and even worker-owned garment factories can thrive in a s...

Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum

A No to Media Monopoly

Media monopolists were dealt a rare setback when the Philadelphia-based US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit blocked implementation of last year's decision by the Federal...

John Nichols

Election Matters

The striking distinction between the Green Party's national gathering in late June and the Democratic and Republican national conventions, which will come later this summer, w...

John Nichols

No Blank Check

"A state of war is not a blank check for the President." The Bush Administration's claims "would turn our system of checks and balances on its head." "If civil rights are to b...

David Cole

Mission Accomplished II?

With furtive haste, former Coalition Provisional Authority administrator Paul Bremer declared the end of the US occupation at a virtually secret ceremony and bolted for the do...

The Editors

Fact of the Matter Is That Facts Didn’t Matter

The Senate panel's report is a damning indictment of the Bush Doctrine.

Robert Scheer

The VA, Vanity and Duragesic

Dr. Marc regularly answers readers' questions on matters relating to medicine, healthcare and politics. To send a query, click here<...

Dr. Marc Siegel

Even a Tyrant Is Entitled to Due Process

Hussein's trial is shaping up as just US theatrics.

Robert Scheer

Moore 1, Media 0

I had a swell time at Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's documentary about George Bush's dubious progress from Florida to Iraq.

Katha Pollitt

On the Prime-Time Schedule for the Republican National Convention

Calvin Trillin

Iraq, Love It or Leave It

We invited readers to respond to our May 24 forum, edited by Scott Sherman, of eleven writers discussing "H...