Hamilton Explains Hamilton Explains
How Alexander Hamilton "fell into as difficult a position as a public man has ever known, and extricated himself by means which show how much the conventional standards of morals h...
Mar 18, 2008 / The Editors
Notes on a Scandal Notes on a Scandal
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
Mar 17, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Smearing Obama Smearing Obama
False claims about Obama intended to stoke racial and religious fear are trickling from the far right to the mainstream media.
Mar 13, 2008 / Ari Berman
Border Death Backstory Border Death Backstory
The trial for the murder of undocumented immigrant Francisco Javier Domínguez stripped him of his humanity. The retrial must not make the same mistake.
Mar 13, 2008 / Debbie Nathan
A Sea-Change Election? A Sea-Change Election?
The 2008 presidential election could signal the most dramatic political shift since Reagan.
Mar 13, 2008 / Robert L. Borosage
Time for a Revote Time for a Revote
Holding Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan a second time would send the message that Americans do not need to accept illegitimate elections.
Mar 13, 2008 / John Nichols
The Torture Veto The Torture Veto
Bush has made history by being the first American President to use his veto power to preserve torture.
Mar 13, 2008 / David Cole
Noted. Noted.
PEACE SIGNS: Dusting off an old Clintonian catchphrase, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) has found a new way to sum up the connection between the war in Iraq and the econom
Mar 13, 2008 / The Editors
It’s the War Economy, Stupid! It’s the War Economy, Stupid!
Among the major causes of the current economic crisis is the staggering cost of the war in Iraq.
Mar 13, 2008 / The Editors
Against Sexual Scandal Against Sexual Scandal
In just two days, Eliot Spitzer went from white knight to shamed ex-governor. But the real loser in all of this is sex itself.
Mar 12, 2008 / Lauren Berlant