Russian Journalists Still Under Threat
Adam Federman : Russia
Three years after the assassination of Russian journalist Anna Politikovskaya, impunity reigns.


Adam Federman : Russia
Three years after the assassination of Russian journalist Anna Politikovskaya, impunity reigns.
Katha Pollitt : Censorship
Two decades after the Ayatollah Khomeini called for a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, not much has changed on either side of the cultural divide.
Countdown
The American public overwhelmingly supports an investigation into terror tactics. So why is Obama hesitating?
Matthew Alexander, an Air Force vet and interrogator based in Iraq, tells Jon Stewart he's "never seen coercive methods pay off."
The ACLU leads a campaign to shed light on the abuses at Gitmo and to pressure Obama to keep his promise to shut it down.
David Enders : Jails & Prisons
What will the United States do with 20,000 Iraqis in legal limbo?
Alexander Cockburn : Law & Justice
The US government's shameful auto-da-fé of Sami Al-Arian enters a new phase.
As Vietnam becomes a player in world trade, its human rights record and treatment of dissidents come under increased scrutiny. The world must do more.
History sheds no new light on their guilt or innocence. But it does make clear that their trial and execution was an unjust and intolerable act of barbarism.
Vietnam is experiencing its worst crackdown on human rights in decades, and US policy bears part of the blame.
Bernard-Henri Lévy : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
The American left is in a semi-comatose state, thanks to the striking ideological transformation wrought by its neoconservative battalions.
Jonathan Schell : Republican Party
The government manipulates popular movements at home and abroad.
