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Feature
The Battle for Iraqi Oil
Until there is a legitimate government in Iraq, it’s unclear whether any new oil deals will stand.
Aram Roston
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Will the French Indict Cheney?
At the heart of the matter is a $6 billion factory built in Nigeria by Hallibuton.
Doug Ireland
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Journalists Take Flak in Iraq
Reporters say harassment and intimidation by American soldiers is growing.
Laura Rozen
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Strip Till You Drop
Teen girls are the target market for a new wave of stripper-inspired merchandise.
Alison Pollet and Page Hurwitz
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Class Warfare
Labor studies programs are under attack by a well-financed right-wing campaign.
David Bacon
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Editorial
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Coverage for No One
My patient John Elias, with a fixed income from Social Security and a small pension, is a perfect candidate for prescription drug coverage.
Dr. Marc Siegel
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Supermarket Showdown
A joyless holiday season faces 70,000 unionized Southern and Central California supermarket workers who have been on strike or locked out since October 11.
Marc Cooper
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Despair Is Not an Option
Many people believed at the time that the trauma of 9/11 would change the world. My feeling was that our American response would be far more crucial.
William Sloane Coffin
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Taking Liberties
“Even in times of national emergency–indeed, particularly in such times–it is the obligation of the Judicial Branch to ensure the preservation of our constitutional values and to prevent the E
David Cole
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Neoconning Us Again?
Libya’s agreement to give up its weapons of mass destruction and open itself up to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency is a welcome development.
The Editors
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Dissing Dean
Petulance is seldom considered a prime presidential attribute. George W. Bush’s smirk notwithstanding, Americans prefer adults as Presidents.
The Editors
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Column
Lord Knows What Robertson Wants
When televangelist gloated about a Bush ‘blowout’ delivered by God, perhaps it was a heaven-sent warning.
Robert Scheer
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US to Hussein: WMD A-OK
New documents detail how Rumsfeld and Reagan let Iraq know it was just fine to keep using chemical weapons against Iran and the Kurds.
Robert Scheer
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Washington Goes to War (with Howard Dean)
Saddam Hussein may be out of his spider hole, but Washington’s real enemy is still at large.
Eric Alterman
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Good News for Women
There was plenty of gloomy news for women in 2003. American women make just under 80 cents on the male dollar for full-time, year-round work.
Katha Pollitt
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Reaction in the Justice Department to Federal Appeals Court Ruling ‘War on Terrorism’ Detention Policies Unconstitutional
A right to counsel and a right to trial?
John Ashcroft wonders: How do you suppose
We’ll save our freedoms and our way of life
If we start granting everybody those?Calvin Trillin
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Books & the Arts
What Are They Reading?
This is a book that should be on every activist’s bed table, like Gideon bibles in hotels.
Richard Lingeman
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The Haunting
The likeness of Nathaniel Hawthorne hanging in the AmLit museum resembles the shadowy, fading portrait of a distinguished ancestor.
Richard Lingeman
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The War of Words
Many rhetorical bombshells were lobbed by British and American poets during the political turmoil of the 1930s, but few detonated as loudly as this cluster of words: “Today the deliberate i
John Palattella
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Where Did Our Love Go?
One notable casualty of the diplomatic tug-of-war between France and the United States over the American-led invasion and occupation of Iraq has been verbal restraint.
Stephen Sartarelli
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
An indispensable work of art, especially at this moment in our history, Errol Morris’s new documentary declares its theme before you even step into the theater. The Fog of War, says
Stuart Klawans
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Letters
Clark, Clark, the Dogs Do Bark
“Hatchet job” was the term most often used by readers to describe Matt Taibbi’s “Clark’s True Colors” [Dec. 15].
Matt Taibbi and Our Readers