Catholic Worker at 75 Catholic Worker at 75
The movement she inspired--passionate, pacifist and siding with the scorned--is seventy-five and going strong.
Jul 2, 2008 / Colman McCarthy
Impeach Bush Now Impeach Bush Now
If we don't act now, future generations will see that a weapon intended to defend the rule of law grew rusty and unusable on our watch.
Jul 2, 2008 / Elizabeth Holtzman
Noted. Noted.
Civil liberties, at home and abroad; saving Jeff Wood from Texas's death row.
Jul 2, 2008 / The Editors
Supreme Politics Supreme Politics
The Supreme Court's final rulings remind us that civil rights and a sane vision of the Constitution rest with the next President's judicial appointments.
Jul 2, 2008 / The Editors
Fizzling on FISA Fizzling on FISA
Obama and other Senate Democrats should not let a lame-duck Administration compromise our liberties in the name of pursuing terrorists.
Jul 2, 2008 / The Editors
Inside Obama’s Christian Crusade Inside Obama’s Christian Crusade
With little to lose and everything to gain, Obama has lifted high the cross. But are there invisible strings attached?
Jul 2, 2008 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Dissing Doctors Dissing Doctors
U.S. doctors are wondering if this might be the first year since 2002 that Congress won't intervene to keep Medicare fully funded, since lawmakers failed to pass legislation before...
Jul 1, 2008 / Laura Flanders
To Israel, via J Street To Israel, via J Street
For too long now, when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other issues of war and peace in the Middle East, the mainstream media and too many politicians in the US h...
Jul 1, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Naming The Naming
We give our names to things.
This creek is Cobweb Creek,
named for our cat, who is named
for one of the fairies
in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / W. Dale Nelson
The James Gang The James Gang
In Henry James and his family, biographers find a fascinating story of dynastic melodrama.
Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple