A Fight for the Future A Fight for the Future
New York City transit workers, now back on the job after a two-day strike, are fighting for the rights of future workers and against the lie that abstract, neutral economic necessi...
Dec 22, 2005 / Feature / Joshua Freeman
A Motion for Censure A Motion for Censure
In a report issued December 20, Representative John Conyers Jr. documents the misconduct of President Bush and his Adminisration, and makes the case that they should be censured by...
Dec 22, 2005 / Rep. John Conyers
The Legacy of Four Women The Legacy of Four Women
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, George McGovern and Representative Jim McGovern journey to El Salvador to assess what ha...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / George McGovern and Rep. Jim McGovern
Do-Gooder Gift Guide Do-Gooder Gift Guide
The right present for a leftist? Herewith, some innovative ideas, many just a click away.
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Anna Louie Sussman
Why Intelligent Design Is ‘Creationism Relabeled’ Why Intelligent Design Is ‘Creationism Relabeled’
In the history of the ongoing battle between science and faith, Dover, Pennsylvania, has written the latest chapter. Last month, the residents, who usually vote Republican, ouste...
Dec 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fixing the Torture Fix Fixing the Torture Fix
Congress has passed legislation allowing evidence obtained through torture to be used against terror suspects in court. But human rights groups and some Congressional leaders will ...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
A White House Response to Senator Feingold A White House Response to Senator Feingold
Chastised by Russ Feingold for extrajudicial spying, the President who would be king invokes the divine right of kings.
Dec 21, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bolivia’s Home-Grown President Bolivia’s Home-Grown President
The election of former coca farmer Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president appears to be an enormous victory for the left, as yet another Latin American nation turns aw...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
Pyrrhic Victory Pyrrhic Victory
The best outcome for US policy is the hope that Shiite and Sunni fanatics can check each other long enough for the United States to beat a credible retreat and call it a victory, a...
Dec 21, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
It Wasn’t All Bad It Wasn’t All Bad
Bush is on the defensive. The GOP is mired in corruption. The media are waking up. Civil liberties are beginning to matter. See? Good things did happen in 2005.
Dec 21, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt