UN Rape Declaration Falls Short UN Rape Declaration Falls Short
Pressured by the Bush Administration, the United Nations issues a ringing declaration and solicits pledges that decry rape as a weapon of war. How about actually doing something?
Jun 30, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
McCain, Obama and Russia McCain, Obama and Russia
Overshadowed by the US disaster in Iraq, Moscow's impact on our foreign policy will continue long after that war ends. Why aren't Obama and McCain addressing that?
Jun 30, 2008 / Stephen F. Cohen
Iran, Fearmongering & Election ’08 Iran, Fearmongering & Election ’08
The essential and not surprising reality of 2008: The Republicans are desperate for a national security threat to rally their base. How else to explain McCain's uber-adviser/ lob...
Jun 30, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Monday Capitol Letter Monday Capitol Letter
Courtesy of new Washington DC intern Bobby Allyn, a quick recap of last week's Hill activity: In the House … The House passed two energy bills Thursday, One (HR 6052) giving t...
Jun 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Shaking Up Pandora’s Box in Iran Shaking Up Pandora’s Box in Iran
Did the United States, or did it not, approve a $400 million covert operation against Iran last year, backed by an official "presidential finding"? And did the Democrats in Congre...
Jun 30, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Hullabaloo Hullabaloo
This Week: As the Supreme Court rules pistols are trustworthy and convenient, Kang knows her AWOL chief of staff isn't at the beach.
Jun 30, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Gates to Join Obama? Uh-Oh Gates to Join Obama? Uh-Oh
According to insiders, Barack Obama's campaign is debating how long it can leave ambiguous the notion of "residual forces" in Iraq after a presumed Obama-ordered withdrawal of com...
Jun 29, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Read Zimbabwe Right… More Than a Year Ago Obama Read Zimbabwe Right… More Than a Year Ago
The world is suddenly paying a measure of the attention that is necessary to the democratic crisis in Zimbabwe, where strongman President Robert Mugabe has used violence and intim...
Jun 29, 2008 / John Nichols
A New Geological Era for Earth A New Geological Era for Earth
As human actions change the planet in irreversable ways, will human bonds suffer irreversable damage, too?
Jun 27, 2008 / Feature / Mike Davis
Perversion of Justice Perversion of Justice
A scathing new report confirms some of our worst fears about Bush Administration's politicization of the Justice Department.
Jun 27, 2008 / Feature / Emily Berman