The Price of a Life The Price of a Life
Sure, the US government values the lives of innocents killed in combat. Just how much depends on whether they died in New York, Afghanistan or Iraq.
May 14, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
While We Slept While We Slept
A new book on the history of Western complicity in Iraq takes an unsparing look at how the first Bush and Clinton administrations set the stage for disaster.
May 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stanley I. Kutler
Immigrants Push Western Union to Share the Wealth Immigrants Push Western Union to Share the Wealth
Outraged at the 17 percent fees they are charged on money they wire home, immigrant workers are pressuring Western Union to reinvest the profits.
May 11, 2007 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson
Scary Movie: Captivity’s Ad Campaign Scary Movie: Captivity’s Ad Campaign
I joined the protest of a terribly offensive poster for the horror flick Captivity, which resulted in its being taken down. Was that a good thing?
May 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annabelle Gurwitch
Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats
There's a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.
May 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin
Spinning Hillary Centrist Spinning Hillary Centrist
How can Hillary Clinton maintain her populist credentials when Mark Penn, her chief pollster and campaign strategist, also represents the interests of some of America's largest cor...
May 7, 2007 / Feature / Ari Berman
America’s Idiotic Political Debates America’s Idiotic Political Debates
All France was transfixed as presidential candidates conducted a passionate, freewheeling debate this week. Why are American debates so intentionally stupid?
May 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
Responses to Darling-Hammond Responses to Darling-Hammond
The second part of our forum on the Bush Administration's 2002 No Child Left Behind Act.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Deborah Meier, Velma L. Cobb, and Pedro Noguera
Look Who’s Taxing Look Who’s Taxing
Weary of tax cuts for the rich, state politicians are rethinking their aversion to tax-and-spend.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes
The Flaws in Rubinomics The Flaws in Rubinomics
Economic policy centered on a balanced budget will destroy what's left of FDR's New Deal.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Thomas Palley