Spanish Justice Spanish Justice
The courts of Spain have already tried human rights violators from Chile and Argentina. Those responsible for torturing, imprisoning and killing 200,000 Mayans during Guatemala's t...
Sep 21, 2006 / Geoff Pingree and Lisa Abend
Driving While Muslim Driving While Muslim
As the hunt for homegrown terrorists sympathetic to Hezbollah intensifies, the Muslims of Dearborn, Michigan are losing their trust in American justice.
Sep 21, 2006 / Spencer Ackerman
The Growing Wage Gap The Growing Wage Gap
A winning economic strategy for Democrats: Push for realistic policies to relieve workers' frustrations, rebuild their damaged confidence and improve lifetime security.
Sep 21, 2006 / Jeff Madrick
Déjà Vu on Iran? Déjà Vu on Iran?
The Bush Administration is trying to use flawed intelligence to whip up public support for military action against Iran. Can they get away with this again?
Sep 21, 2006 / The Editors
Bush’s Selective Perception Bush’s Selective Perception
President Bush's address to the UN General Assembly was less disdainful than earlier speeches, but it shined a light on the President's willful blindness to the complexity of the p...
Sep 21, 2006 / Ian Williams
The UN After Lebanon The UN After Lebanon
The UN's mixed record on the war in Lebanon proves we should lower our expectations of what it can meaningfully achieve.
Sep 18, 2006 / Richard Falk
Lawless ‘Compromises’ Lawless ‘Compromises’
Prime midyear election issues: Torture and eavesdropping are illegal. We are a nation founded on the rule of law.
Sep 15, 2006 / The Editors
CA Leads on Climate CA Leads on Climate
California's global warming initiative shows how far ahead the state is compared with the federal government. But it also reveals how America lags behind the rest of the world.
Sep 14, 2006 / Mark Hertsgaard
No Clear Antiwar Signal No Clear Antiwar Signal
Anyone looking for a signal from the primaries that Democrats will be a clear antiwar party didn't get it.
Sep 14, 2006 / John Nichols
A Scandal If Not a Crime A Scandal If Not a Crime
The White House behaved unethically by exposing Valerie Plame's identity. Escaping prosecution is not the same as escaping judgment.
Sep 14, 2006 / The Editors