The African Airlift

The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.

Karen Rothmyer

Hold Ashcroft Accountable

The Ninth Circuit rules that John Ashcroft can be held accountable for the "paradigm of prevention" that led to unlawful detainment of a US citizen.

David Cole

The World and Pittsburgh

At the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, activists will push the United States to back proposals to regulate CEO compensation and require corporate responsibility.

John Nichols

Noted.

Norwegians vote for "social-democratic paradise;" Rep. Joe Wilson's lie turns lucrative; why are all the taxpayers at the 9/12 march white?

The Editors

When Money Talks

The Supreme Court is poised to overrule decisions restricting corporate speech in political campaigns.

The Editors

Saving the Obama Revolution

President Obama should follow the model of the incredibly successful Reagan revolution and heed the political base that made his presidency possible.

Robert Scheer

Olympics in Chicago: ‘Obama’s Folly’?

An overwhelming majority of Chicagoans oppose spending any public money on the Olympics. But Obama is lining up with Mayor Daley in support of the Windy City's bid.

Dave Zirin

Kristof’s Challenge

If women's equality is the cause of our time, we'll get further by acknowledging it's a challenge no country has fully met than by framing it as a Western crusade.

Katha Pollitt

Welcome to the National Asylum

"Birthers'" claims shift, but their essence is always the same: Barack Obama has no right to be president.

Alexander Cockburn

A Year Later, Little Change on Wall Street

Calvin Trillin

Letters

¡Viva Honduras!

Nashua, N.H.

Greg Grandin and Our Readers and Dan Kaufman