Border Justice Border Justice
The call by George W. Bush for major reform of our failed immigration policy was undoubtedly made with election-year eyes fixed on the growing Latino vote.
Jan 15, 2004 / Marc Cooper
Baghdad Beat Baghdad Beat
There's a wonderful children's story by Roald Dahl titled Fantastic Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox is a wily fellow whose record of chicken theft has driven three local farmers to the point of...
Jan 8, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
More Bad Judges More Bad Judges
Here comes the sequel to the Scalia Clones and Thomas Clowns.
Jan 8, 2004 / Jack Newfield
Prison Reform Talking Points Prison Reform Talking Points
The US prison system is exacting an increasingly heavy toll, both financial and human.
Dec 19, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
How to Kill Saddam How to Kill Saddam
The last time I saw pictures of a man in need of a haircut being displayed as a trophy of the American Empire it was Che Guevara, stretched out dead on a table in Vallegrande, a ...
Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The New Money Game The New Money Game
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), better known as the McCain-Feingold law, by a 5-to-4 majority, is the need for campaign finance r...
Dec 18, 2003 / The Editors
Fields of Poison Fields of Poison
While farmworkers are sickened by pesticides, industry writes the rules.
Dec 11, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Clarren
Rosenbaum Inquisition Rosenbaum Inquisition
In 2002, Republicans on a House Judiciary subcommittee trained their sights on an unlikely target: conservative Judge James Rosenbaum, Chief Judge of the US District Court for th...
Dec 11, 2003 / David Rubenstein
Criminalizing Motherhood Criminalizing Motherhood
More than 275 women have faced charges relating to drug use during their pregnancies.
Dec 3, 2003 / Feature / Silja J.A. Talvi