A Lesson for the Next President A Lesson for the Next President
Will our next president have the courage to scrap No Child Left Behind?
Oct 21, 2008 / Feature / Demitrious Sinor
Jörg Haider’s Legacy Jörg Haider’s Legacy
Austria's most notorious right-wing politician died as spectacularly as he had lived--and in a Europe stunned by financial crisis, leaves a dangerous legacy.
Oct 20, 2008 / Feature / Slavenka Drakulic
Smearing Colonel Vandeveld Smearing Colonel Vandeveld
Military commissions officials are using punitive psychological evaluations as part of a strategy to discredit and silence a former colleague turned whistleblower.
Oct 20, 2008 / Feature / Ross Tuttle
Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election? Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?
In state after state, the number of new voters has swelled like never before. They're mostly under 30 and solidly backing Barack Obama.
Oct 17, 2008 / Feature / Cora Currier
Hard Knocks in the Workplace Hard Knocks in the Workplace
The rights of workers get little attention from the court, and employers know they can violate those rights with impunity.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Eric Schnapper
Debtor Nation Debtor Nation
The Supreme Court has done little to protect a nation of debtors from predatory lending practices.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Robert M. Lawless
Senior Rights & Wrongs Senior Rights & Wrongs
It's increasingly difficult for older Americans to protect themselves from age discrimination, nursing home abuse and loss of pension benefits.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Harper Jean Tobin
Health Cares Health Cares
The United States stands alone among wealthy nations in failing to assure its population reasonable healthcare.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Sara Rosenbaum
Safety Last Safety Last
Pro-business judges who now dominate the Supreme Court undermine consumers' right to sue when they are injured by unsafe products.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / David C. Vladeck
The Supreme Court and the Election: What’s at Stake The Supreme Court and the Election: What’s at Stake
The next president and Congress must reverse the conservative tide of the Bush judiciary.
Oct 16, 2008 / Feature / Herman Schwartz