Heritage Goes Hollywood Heritage Goes Hollywood
On Wednesday the conservative Heritage Foundation took a short break from opposing the state children's health insurance program to ponder the tired conservative complaint that li...
Sep 25, 2007 / The Nation
Bush’s War Funding Safety Net Bush’s War Funding Safety Net
Even if Congress refused to authorize more money for the Iraq debacle, the White House could make an end run via an obscure Civil War statute.
Soldiers Who Steal Soldiers Who Steal
When it comes to this whole scandal regarding graft in US military contracts, I like to muse over the strange mea culpa put forward by military brass who admitted to The New York T...
Sep 25, 2007 / Karen Houppert
Is Jena America? Is Jena America?
"Jena is America," says Alan Bean, speaking of the Louisiana town where six black students are looking at decades in jail for a schoolyard brawl while white kids are faci...
Sep 25, 2007 / Laura Flanders
Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger's combative remarks tarnish an otherwise illuminating event.
Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Jayati Vora
Senate Neocons Provoke Iran Senate Neocons Provoke Iran
Listen up. Can you hear the drums beating for a third war? The neocons are in a bubbling rage over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia University. The pro-su...
Sep 25, 2007 / Ari Berman
Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW
The issues at stake, especially GM's drive to shift the burden of healthcare, will affect workers throughout the industrialized economy--to say nothing of Campaign '08.
Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Max Fraser
Order 17 Order 17
A closer look at the US rule that gives military contractors like Blackwater a free pass to murder, terrorize and pillage their way through Iraq.
Sep 24, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
A Plea From the Iranian People A Plea From the Iranian People
Iran's leading dissident implores UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to reprimand the Iranian government for its human rights abuses and provide moral support for the suffering Irani...
Sep 24, 2007 / Feature / Akbar Ganji
A Homegrown Doomsday Scenario A Homegrown Doomsday Scenario
Late last month, the US Air Force transported a dozen cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The cargo, unbeknownst to ...
Sep 23, 2007 / Ari Berman