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Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus

Today the US Senate fell four votes short of restoring Habeas Corpus, the fundamental constitutional right of individuals to challenge government detention, which the Republican Co...

Sep 19, 2007 / Ari Melber

Restore Integrity to Federal Elections Restore Integrity to Federal Elections

The House must act now to create universal voting standards and restore confidence in our electoral system.

Sep 19, 2007 / Lawrence Norden

Iran Blowback? Iran Blowback?

Be careful what you wish for--that might be the catch phrase for American relations with Iran since the CIA helped overthrow the elected government of that country in 1953 and inst...

Sep 19, 2007 / TomDispatch

The Mercenary Factor The Mercenary Factor

Who elected Blackwater and other hired guns to rule the world? The banning of Blackwater in Iraq sheds more light on the checkbook imperialism fueling Bush's state of perpetual war...

Sep 19, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Scholarships Happen Scholarships Happen

He's back. Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In ...

Sep 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Good Muslim Immigrants Good Muslim Immigrants

Here's an interesting -- and not always in a good way -- article from Der Spiegel on American Muslims. Its thesis is that American Muslims have responded in a positive and potentia...

Sep 18, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry

Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death? Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death?

To the Editor of The Nation:

Sep 18, 2007 / The Nation

Scholarships Happen Scholarships Happen

He's back. Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In P...

Sep 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Skepticism Required in Review of AG Choice Skepticism Required in Review of AG Choice

President Bush's nominee to succeed the most lamentable Attorney General of the United States since Warren Harding's scandal-plagued accomplice, Harry M. Daugherty, is undoubtedly...

Sep 18, 2007 / John Nichols

Blackwater Banned Blackwater Banned

Nation correspondent Jeremy Scahill explains in this September 17 CNN interview the story behind the Iraqi government's decision to ban Blackwater USA, following an incident in wh...

Sep 18, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill

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