Free Speech for People Free Speech for People
My colleague and friend John Nichols' new post appropriately lauds Rep. Donna Edwards' proposed legislation to redress the damage done by the Supreme Court in its decision in the ...
Feb 2, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Secret Afghan Prisons Revealed Secret Afghan Prisons Revealed
Anand Gopal details the inhumane treatment of prisoners caught in secret Afghan prisons on US military bases.
Feb 2, 2010 / Press Room
Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates chooses a movie--and it happens to be about a military coup in the US.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment
Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards turned to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis for guidance in framing the Constitutional amendment she proposed Tuesday as the right and neces...
Feb 2, 2010 / John Nichols
Honor Killing by Any Other Name Honor Killing by Any Other Name
To consider honor killing within Muslim communities a crime unto itself overlooks the patriarchal roots of much of the intimate partner violence perpetrated in the Western world.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Anna Momigliano
The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies
When I first saw this spot on TV, I thought, uh-oh, (another) final nail in the coffin of healthcare reform. The bow tie, the Captain Ahab beard, the one eyebrow preaching from h...
Feb 2, 2010 / Leslie Savan
All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back All-White Basketball League: Bringing Segregation Back
If not for the incessant backlash against NBA players, the all-white All-American Basketball Alliance would never have gotten off the ground.
Feb 2, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin and David J. Leonard
No Defense for This Budget No Defense for This Budget
Deficit hysteria has reached new levels yet where is the attention to anout of control defense budget that is now the largest since World War II? While the Obama Admistration's th...
Feb 2, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Transparency Can Curb Corporate Impact on Elections Transparency Can Curb Corporate Impact on Elections
In the face of a Supreme Court decision that eliminates crucial checks on corporate political spending nationwide, we must demand greater accountability and transparency around h...
Feb 2, 2010 / Bill de Blasio
Hijinks or Undercover Ops? Hijinks or Undercover Ops?
If four politically-motivated young men with left-wing (or Muslim), rather than right-wing ties, broke into the office of a senior Senate Homeland Security Committee member and gai...
Feb 2, 2010 / Laura Flanders