Government Spying: Why You Can’t ‘Just Trust Us’ Government Spying: Why You Can’t ‘Just Trust Us’
For proof that the current surveillance programs are ripe for abuse, Americans need only look at what preceded them.
Jun 19, 2013 / Marcy Wheeler
Iran’s Stunning Reform Victory Iran’s Stunning Reform Victory
In a clear challenge to hardliners, President-elect Hassan Rouhani vowed, ‘I have come to destroy extremism.’
Jun 19, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Five Stages of Living in a National Surveillance State The Five Stages of Living in a National Surveillance State
Jun 19, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Hezbollah’s Gamble Hezbollah’s Gamble
The Lebanese militia is now deeply embroiled in the Syrian civil war, which has become part of a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Jun 5, 2013 / Mohamad Bazzi
Revealed: Letters From Republicans Seeking Obamacare Money Revealed: Letters From Republicans Seeking Obamacare Money
It’s the height of hypocrisy: They call for repeal of the law but plead for its dollars on behalf of constituents.
Jun 5, 2013 / Lee Fang
Noted Noted
John Nichols on Frank Lautenberg, Matt Stroud on prison abuse in Pennsylvania, Jon Wiener on unpaid internships in the UK, the editors on the Bradley Manning trial
Jun 5, 2013 / Various Contributors
Billy Graham, Porn Watcher Billy Graham, Porn Watcher
That’s right, the evangelist's crusade against depravity took him straight to New York City porn parlors. It looks like he studied their products closely.
Jun 5, 2013 / Edward Sorel
Obama’s Assault on the Press Obama’s Assault on the Press
Prosecution of whistleblowers, dragnet seizure of phone records, the threatened criminalization of basic news-gathering—it’s dangerous for the media, and dangerous for ...
May 22, 2013 / The Editors
The AP’s Privacy, and Ours The AP’s Privacy, and Ours
The uproar over government searches of media phone records should not obscure the deeper problem—the law’s failure to protect the privacy of all of us in the digital ag...
May 22, 2013 / David Cole
Noted Noted
Hamilton Fish on Cynthia Brown, Katha Pollitt on Vacation From War, Peter Rothberg on Oklahoma tornado relief
May 22, 2013 / Various Contributors