A Subversive Southerner Passes A Subversive Southerner Passes
On Monday, March 6, when Anne Braden died, the South lost one of its most dedicated, courageous and feisty fighters for racial justice, civil liberties and economic rights. I met ...
Mar 12, 2006 / Adam Howard
Leaking Bubble Leaking Bubble
The US housing market has been responsible for about half the economy's recent growth, but increasing dependence on home-equity credit could create a financial disaster.
Mar 12, 2006 / Doug Henwood
Port Deal Question: What’s the White House Still Hiding? Port Deal Question: What’s the White House Still Hiding?
President Bush, after watching his already low approval rating take a dive because of his mishandling of the issue, wants memories of the controversy about whether Dubai Ports Wor...
Mar 11, 2006 / John Nichols
Typecast as a Terrorist Typecast as a Terrorist
The detainment of two actors from The Road to Guantánamo reveals a legal apparatus that is no longer able to distinguish between real and invented threats.
Mar 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Adam Federman
Sweet Victory: The Resolutions Roll In Sweet Victory: The Resolutions Roll In
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. No matter how many polls show that the majorityof American citizens (and eventroops) want a speedy withdrawal from Iraq, the stay-the-course cons...
Mar 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Patriot Act Politics Patriot Act Politics
Rarely has the disconnect between the faith of the American people in the bedrock principle that it is possible to be safe and free and the failure of faith on the part of their e...
Mar 10, 2006 / John Nichols
Vermont Paper Embraces Impeachment Push Vermont Paper Embraces Impeachment Push
When five Vermont towns voted for resolutions urging Congress to impeach President Bush, there were many in the media who dismissed the move as purely symbolic. But the local daily...
Mar 10, 2006 / Adam Howard
Could This Unleash an Unintended Nuclear War? Could This Unleash an Unintended Nuclear War?
Ann Tyson reports in the Washington Post yesterday that the Pentagon wants $500 million to convert 24 Trident missiles currently armed with nuclear warheads into rockets carrying c...
Mar 9, 2006 / Adam Howard
Consuming Desires Consuming Desires
Thank You for Smoking praises the professional hucksters of the cigarette companies, and Duck Season is a road movie in which the scenery doesn't change.
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Unborn in the USA Unborn in the USA
In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusa...
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin