Supporting Sotomayor Supporting Sotomayor
The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter as Supreme Court Justice is a nice reminder of the type of change that the Obama administration does represent. Though no...
May 26, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Ex-Interrogator: Torture Creates Terrorists Ex-Interrogator: Torture Creates Terrorists
Former military interrogator Matthew Alexander refutes Dick Cheney's claim that torture saved American lives.
May 26, 2009 / Brave New Films
The Front Lines of the Economic (and Democracy) Crisis The Front Lines of the Economic (and Democracy) Crisis
On May 12, in a packed hearing room on Capitol Hill, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) held a spirited briefing for its Members and their staffs -- "Voices from the Front...
May 26, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation Forum: Sotomayor’s Judicial Style Nation Forum: Sotomayor’s Judicial Style
Three legal scholars assess the impact of Obama's nomination of Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court.
May 26, 2009 / Various Contributors
Obama Pick Sonia Sotomayor Reflects America Obama Pick Sonia Sotomayor Reflects America
When Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced his planned retirement, the pressure was on President Obama to add a second woman to a bench. At the same time, Obama was encour...
May 26, 2009 / John Nichols
More On That Bogus “Terrorist” Plot in New York More On That Bogus “Terrorist” Plot in New York
That bogus "terrorist plot" in New York has fallen from the headlines, but its pernicious impact lingers on. My earlier piece on this story, written late last week, drew a lot of ...
May 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Feingold’s Constitutional Objection to ‘Prolonged Detention’ Feingold’s Constitutional Objection to ‘Prolonged Detention’
Barack Obama's speech last week at the National Archives, delivered with the Bill of Rights as a backdrop, eloquently expressed a president's faith that it is possible to keep the...
May 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Cheney vs. Obama: Banking on Fear Cheney vs. Obama: Banking on Fear
As rational, soaring, and adult-ready as Barack Obama's speech before the shrine of the Constitution in the National Archives was--and, in contrast, as full of retreaded lies as Di...
May 22, 2009 / Leslie Savan
The First Great Constitutional Debate of the 21st Century The First Great Constitutional Debate of the 21st Century
Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are squaring off in a grand debate about the character and the content of the American experiment. Unfortunately, the U.S. news media, and much of th...
May 22, 2009 / John Nichols
$1 Trillion and Counting… $1 Trillion and Counting…
The $1 trillion we have spent on war since 9/11 has placed enormous stress on our recession-struck economy.
May 22, 2009 / Feature / Jo Comerford