Fighting for Oil–Still Fighting for Oil–Still
Although media attention has been focused on civil violence in the Baghdad area, Iraq's vast and vulnerable network of oil pipelines and pumping stations has become a major battl...
Apr 1, 2004 / Michael T. Klare
A Union of Unions A Union of Unions
There are bigger American unions, but none that are feistier organizers than HERE (hotel and restaurant workers) and UNITE (historically garment and textile workers).
Apr 1, 2004 / David Moberg
Scalia’s Flawed Judgment Scalia’s Flawed Judgment
After weeks of critical editorials, embarrassing cartoons and late-night talk-show jokes, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia issued a twenty-one-page memorandum on March 18 to ...
Apr 1, 2004 / Stephen Gillers
Haiti’s Occupation Haiti’s Occupation
The Haitian people have once again been excluded from their own governance.
Apr 1, 2004 / Amy Wilentz
Bush’s ‘Rat List’ Bush’s ‘Rat List’
Nixon kept his famous "enemies list." Now George W.
Apr 1, 2004 / The Editors
Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
To all the arguments lodged against gay marriage, add this one--it's a matter of national security.
Mar 25, 2004 / David Cole
The Deaning of America The Deaning of America
Does Dean for America have a second act? That's the question a lot of people have been asking after the collapse of Howard Dean's presidential campaign.
Mar 25, 2004 / Micah L. Sifry
Israel Plays With Fire Israel Plays With Fire
At 5:20 on the morning of March 22, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Palestinian Hamas, was leaving a mosque in the Gaza Strip when he was killed in an Israeli helicop...
Mar 25, 2004 / Adam Shatz and Roane Carey