Why the New Torture Defense Is a Good Offense Why the New Torture Defense Is a Good Offense
The torture immunity lobby has a new argument--public support inoculates war criminals. With that mindset, we are likely to get these policies wrong again in the future.
May 5, 2009 / Ari Melber
Obey Issues A ‘Vietnam’ Warning Obey Issues A ‘Vietnam’ Warning
Representative David Obey, who chairs the House appropriations committee, is comparing the Afghanistan-Pakistan war to Vietnam: There were new signs of uneasiness on Capitol Hil...
May 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Springsteen to Seeger: ‘You Outlasted the Bastards’ Springsteen to Seeger: ‘You Outlasted the Bastards’
"You outlasted the bastards, man," Bruce Springsteen told the roaring crowd. I think that was my favorite line at the rollicking birthday concert celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th! ...
May 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Vigorous, Quiet Revolt: Things Fall Apart At Fifty A Vigorous, Quiet Revolt: Things Fall Apart At Fifty
Published fifty years ago, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart mounted a literary rebellion against the everyday amalgamations and condescension that treat Africa as an undiffere...
May 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Howard W. French
Misadventure in Vietnam: The Mix of Fact and Myth Misadventure in Vietnam: The Mix of Fact and Myth
With the Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorizing war in Vietnam, its clear that America hasn't learned its lesson from previous foreign policy mistakes in the region.
May 4, 2009 / Feature / John Gange
Death of RFK: Dogged By Fate Death of RFK: Dogged By Fate
Robert F. Kennedy campaigned for peace on a platform that courageously opposed the policies that his brother set in motion.
May 4, 2009 / The Editors
Midnight Plane to Alabama Midnight Plane to Alabama
A marcher braves the maelstrom of the civil rights movement.
May 4, 2009 / Feature / George B. Leonard
Mortgage Bankers vs. Underwater Homeowners Mortgage Bankers vs. Underwater Homeowners
On the night before the Mortgage Bankers Association won the third round of this ongoing battle, the industry celebrated at the expense indebted mortgage holders.
May 4, 2009 / American News Project
US Troops Told to ‘Hunt People for Jesus’ US Troops Told to ‘Hunt People for Jesus’
Evangelicals serving in Afghanistan add spreading Christianity to list of duties in defiance of US military law.
May 4, 2009 / Al Jazeera
Four Dead in Ohio Four Dead in Ohio
Today is the 39th anniversary of the killings of four student antiwar protesters at Kent State University.
May 4, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation