Stuck in the Sand Stuck in the Sand
It's dispiriting for opponents of the war that a motion to bring an end to combat operations in Iraq by March 2008 received only 29 votes in the Senate yesterday.
May 17, 2007 / Ari Berman
Dems Sell Out on Trade Dems Sell Out on Trade
The so-called bipartisan compromise on trade is a bad deal for all who seek to reform corporate-led globalization.
May 16, 2007 / The Editors
Agent of Intolerance Agent of Intolerance
Jerry Falwell is best known for crusading against abortion and homosexuality. But early on, he skillfully used race to galvanize the Christian right.
May 16, 2007 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
The Iraq Memoir Industry The Iraq Memoir Industry
The Iraq-official memoir publishing industry is beginning to resemble a circular firing squad. In last Sunday's Washington Post, Paul Bremer duked it out with those who've accuse...
May 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Misjudging Women Misjudging Women
In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Justice Anthony Kennedy has utterly changed the course of abortion jurisprudence.
May 16, 2007 / Feature / Jessica Arons
The Iraq Information Crackdown The Iraq Information Crackdown
The Iraqi government bans news footage of street carnage and the Pentagon blocks soldiers' access to YouTube and MySpace. Can we assume from this that the surge is going badly?
May 16, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Iran Nukes Call Bush’s Bluff Iran Nukes Call Bush’s Bluff
Tehran's religious fanatics move closer to wreaking nuclear havoc, and what can Bush do about it? Nothing.
May 16, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Iraq Action Camp Iraq Action Camp
US troops have questioned hundreds of people and detained 11 in the search for three American soldiers feared captured by al-Qaeda during a deadly weekend ambush south of Baghdad,...
May 15, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
California Demands Health Care For All (Again) California Demands Health Care For All (Again)
After a brief hiatus, I'm re-starting "Sweet Victories" as a weekly feature. Launched in the bleak aftermath of the 2004 elections, "SV" chronicles progressive wins--from legislat...
May 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Old Time Hypocrisy Hour The Old Time Hypocrisy Hour
The various and sundry Republican presidential contenders will be stumbling over one another tonight--as they debate in South Carolina--and in the days ahead to curry favor with t...
May 15, 2007 / John Nichols