Articles

A Different Sort of War on Terror A Different Sort of War on Terror

How can Americans become more generous?

Oct 8, 2007 / Feature / Jason Kaye

The Reality of Poverty The Reality of Poverty

Poverty in America is a moral issue.

Oct 8, 2007 / Feature / Alyssa Katharine Ritz Battistoni

Rudy Admits Cellphone Addiction Rudy Admits Cellphone Addiction

His campaign slogan--"As I Was Saying, You Have My Undivided Attention"--is playing well with voters in areas where cell phone coverage is erratic.

Oct 8, 2007 / Feature / Eric Kenning

Bonehead U Bonehead U

Forget about raising money for actual teaching or research. Institutions of higher learning would rather troll for money for their sports teams.

Oct 8, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

How Many Times Can a Country Lose its Innocence? How Many Times Can a Country Lose its Innocence?

I've been thinking recently about the many ways in which we conceal from ourselves the truths we know we know. At the Shocked, Shocked conference at NYU on Saturday -- the sub...

Oct 8, 2007 / Katha Pollitt

Dirty Sexy Television Dirty Sexy Television

Who needs reality TV when you can revel in the decadence, dysfunction and dirty laundry of the fictional super-rich?

Oct 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

Moscow Remembers Politkovskaya Moscow Remembers Politkovskaya

Heidi Hoogerbeets, a graduate student at Columbia University's Harriman Institute, traveled to Moscow last week to participate in memorial events for the courageous Russian journa...

Oct 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

George McGovern Backs Clinton George McGovern Backs Clinton

The sense that New York Senator Hillary Clinton presidential campaign is going from strength to strength grew Sunday as a new Des Moines Register poll showed her moving into the l...

Oct 8, 2007 / John Nichols

World War II Interrogators Denounce Administration World War II Interrogators Denounce Administration

On Friday, President Bush lied to the American people, as he has many times before, telling us that "this government does not torture people." But the metastasizing recor...

Oct 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bush v. Children Bush v. Children

The State Children's Health Insurance Program was created by the federal government in 1997 to provide medical insurance coverage for children of families with annual incomes too ...

Oct 7, 2007 / Peter Rothberg

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