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Feature
An American Tragedy
The Iraq War has replaced Vietnam as the emblem of America’s worst impulses.
Andrew Lam
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Tracking the Ghost Pilots
Court challenges gain steam as news organizations identify pilots of planes transporting terror suspects to secret prisons.
Chris Kromm and Jill Doub
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Justice Perverted
Unless the Supreme Court or Congress intervenes, an appeals court ruling this week on Guantánamo detainees opens the door to a global detention system where people can be moved like pawns in a perversion of American justice.
Jonathan Hafetz
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In Russia’s Blogosphere, Anything Goes
Russian blogs are flourishing as alternative media and launchpads for an emerging civil society, but corruption and government manipulation are flourishing as well.
Anna G. Arutunyan
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Democracy Protection Act
Here’s a list of actions Congress must take to help the nation recover from the Bush Administration’s assaults on our liberties and values.
Mark Green
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How to Fix Our Democracy
In just six years, Bush has squandered centuries of American progress. It’s time to start repairing the damage.
Mark Green
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Remembering Norma Rae
Why does Hollywood render unions and the working class invisible?
Robert Nathan and Jo-Ann Mort
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The Care Crisis
Working mothers can’t pamper their stress away–their balancing act needs a political fix.
Ruth Rosen
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Editorial
Collision Course With Iran
Instead of using diplomacy to defuse nuclear tensions with Iran, the Bush Administration is seeking to bypass Congress and lay the groundwork for an attack.
Dennis Kucinich
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Lincoln’s Antiwar Record
Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln’s rebuke of James Polk.
Eric Foner
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Bloggers on the Trail
John Edwards’s netroots flap only proves that Democrats should tap into bloggers’ energy and learn to manage their passions.
Ari Melber
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Uneasy Calm in Palestine
Israel’s unilateralist government isn’t interested in a negotiating partner, but without a united Palestinian leadership, chances for local and regional peace are slim.
Neve Gordon
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Home Truths
That poor children in the United States and Britain have the worst quality of life in the developed world speaks volumes about our misplaced priorities.
The Editors
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Column
Green Politicians, Real and Fake
Some political leaders spin fantasies about how to deal with global warming. Others, like Al Gore and London Mayor Ken Livingston, are prepared to deal with the ugly truth. Who do you believe?
Nicholas von Hoffman
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North Korea: Back to the Future
Now that North Korea has joined the nuclear club, Bush is finally willing to negotiate. Can he try that with Iran?
Robert Scheer
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A Trial for Thousands Denied Trial
As Jose Padilla’s trial unfolds in Miami, the cruel methods of US interrogators are finally being put on trial.
Naomi Klein
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Liberalism’s Lost Libretto
Tom Stoppard’s epic Coast of Utopia speaks as much to the state of the American left as it does to the roots of Russia’s revolution.
Eric Alterman
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A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat
The ultimate test of patriotism.
Calvin Trillin
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Books & the Arts
Winter Light
Stuart Klawans reviews Into Great Silence, Sátántangó and the Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective of Abbas Kiarostami’s films.Stuart Klawans
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The Strains of Inspiration
The Friendship describes how Wordsworth and Coleridge’s fiercely uneven relationship affected their lives and work.
Jonathan Rée
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Empire Fall
A biography of Bernard Fall examines the life of the man who laid the foundations for contemporary war reporting.
Christian Parenti
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Remembering Norma Rae
Why does Hollywood render unions and the working class invisible?
Robert Nathan and Jo-Ann Mort
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Liberalism’s Lost Libretto
Tom Stoppard’s epic Coast of Utopia speaks as much to the state of the American left as it does to the roots of Russia’s revolution.
Eric Alterman
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Lincoln’s Antiwar Record
Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln’s rebuke of James Polk.
Eric Foner
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Letters