Supremely Bad Decisions Supremely Bad Decisions
With gleeful judicial activism, the Roberts Court swings right and sides with the interests of power.
Jun 29, 2007 / Bruce Shapiro
A Hard Look at Hard Time in Israel A Hard Look at Hard Time in Israel
Shimon Dotan's documentary Hot House takes a candid and compelling look at Palestinians serving life terms in Israeli prisons.
Jun 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Weisberg
Should Democrats Nuke Washington? Should Democrats Nuke Washington?
It was not so long ago that Republicans threatened to "nuke" the Senate if Democrats employed the filibuster to block President Bush's judicial nominees, particularly tho...
Jun 29, 2007 / Ari Berman
Contempt of Congress Contempt of Congress
No one was all that surprised when the Bush administration announced Thursday that it would not cooperate with congressional demands for documents and testimony by prominent forme...
Jun 28, 2007 / John Nichols
Acting Locally Acting Locally
It's a frustrating time for those Americans who are fighting to end this war. There is gridlock in Washington. This White House continues to hang on to the argument that the US mu...
Jun 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Academic Freedom? What’s That? Academic Freedom? What’s That?
It's irresistible to beat up on rich, elite universities like Harvard, Yale and Stanford when they disregard the rights of low-wage workers. (I myself enjoyed beating up on Stanfor...
Jun 28, 2007 / Liza Featherstone
The Real ANWR The Real ANWR
A Canadian mining corporation, Northern Dynasty Minerals, is trying to create one of North America's largest open pit gold and copper mines in the heart of Alaska's Bristol Bay -...
Jun 28, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Death Penalty Gets New Airing Death Penalty Gets New Airing
Written and reported by Matthew Blake: The death penalty is finally beginning to remerge as an issue inside the halls of Congress--and it only took the second Congressional power ...
Jun 28, 2007 / Ari Berman
The Power of the Dark Side The Power of the Dark Side
Stop me if you've heard this one. Last week the Vice President's lawyer, David Addington, argued that the VP didn't have to catalogue his secret documents because his role as Presi...
Jun 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Not Quite Knocked Out by Knocked Up Not Quite Knocked Out by Knocked Up
Last night I finally saw Knocked Up, Judd Apatow's hilarious new movie, a raunchfest with a family-values core --- carrying on with accidental pregnancies, marriage as responsi...
Jun 27, 2007 / Katha Pollitt