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June 19, 2006 Issue

Barbara Garson ponders the consequences of pieing the President, Alexander Cockburn writes on failed hopes for Palestine, Stuart Klawans rev…

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Editorial

‘Tester Time’ in Montana

John Tester's populist politics and country style make him the perfect candidate to unseat Senator Conrad Burns. Next step is for the progressive Montana farmer to win the June 6 p...

Cellmates’ Reunion

Desperate for medical care, an ailing granny pies the President and finds a soft bed in a country club prison. It's enough to make you go out and commit a crime.

Why Haditha Matters

The Haditha massacre cannot be blamed solely on soldiers gone berserk. The Marine Corps cover-up suggests that moral damage from the Iraq War has affected more than a single debase...

Enron Rules Still Apply

True reform in the wake of the Enron scandal means tightening the standards of corporate law so that executives who abuse their power are held accountable for their crimes.

Column

As Others See Us

When a group of international journalists visited a small town in Maine, they made it clear that America's aggression in Iraq, its greed and the advance of pop culture are leading ...

The Rockies Pitch Religion

The Colorado Rockies recruit Christian players and claim God is at work on their game. Major League Baseball woos evangelicals with special "Faith Days at the Park." Something's go...

Palestine: It’s All Over

Israel's strategy in 1948 continues today: Make life so awful for Palestinians that most will depart, leaving a few bankrupt ghettos as memorials to the hopes for a Palestinian sta...

Feature

P-Funk Politics

As hurricane season began in earnest, Ray Nagin, who famously declared New Orleans a "chocolate city," began his second term as mayor. What better time to appreciate the way Georg...

What They’re Marching For

With or without a comprehensive immigration bill, a working-class immigrant Latino movement is emerging--allied with progressive groups--that could reverse a tide of xenophobia and...

A Shared Vision

The vitality of the new Latino-led immigration movement could provide the spark to jolt the civil rights movement out of its complacency and create a shared notion of an imagined f...

A Bronx Tale

Grassroots activists tap into the momentum of the immigrant rights movement to bring blacks and Latinos together on shared concerns.

Books & the Arts

P-Funk Politics

As hurricane season began in earnest, Ray Nagin, who famously declared New Orleans a "chocolate city," began his second term as mayor. What better time to appreciate the way Georg...

Local Hero

Reviews of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, A Prairie Home Companion and The Da Vinci Code.

The Missionary Position

Like radical Islamists and American interventionists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali's The Caged Virgin and Irshad Manji's The Trouble With Islam Today express great concern for Mus...

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