Fitna’s Hateful Crusade Fitna’s Hateful Crusade
The new film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders is the latest in a series of stunts aimed at humiliating and scapegoating Muslims.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Aziz Huq
1/6th There 1/6th There
If you can't beat the Electoral College, join them. Since last April, New Jersey and Maryland have signed onto the National Popular Vote compact, and today with Governor Blagojevi...
Apr 7, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Truckers Hit the Brakes Truckers Hit the Brakes
Hard hit by rising costs and the threat of losing their rigs, truckers are staging protests, calling for a bailout and lower fuel prices. What if the rest of us joined them?
Apr 7, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
This Week On Tap This Week On Tap
Talk of the Iraq War will dominate business on the Hill this week, as Gen. David Petraeus and ambassador Ryan Crocker offer their latest post-surge Congressional updates. It's bee...
Apr 7, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Seems Like Old Times Seems Like Old Times
This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Gary Phillips
A Free Trade Thought Experiment A Free Trade Thought Experiment
Imagine a country where CEO's live in fear. In just the past five years, 400 CEO's -- from manufacturing, banking, real estate -- have been shot down in cold blood. (Thousands ove...
Apr 7, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Petraeus’s Ponzi Scheme Petraeus’s Ponzi Scheme
They came, they saw, they… deserted. That, in short form, is the story of the recent Iraqi government "offensive" in Basra (and Baghdad). It took a few days, but...
Apr 7, 2008 / TomDispatch
Feingold Condemns China — and the U.S. — on Tibet Feingold Condemns China — and the U.S. — on Tibet
"With its suppression of the Tibetan protests, China continues to compound its abysmal record on human rights." So says Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, speaking with a firmness ...
Apr 6, 2008 / John Nichols
Contract Justice Contract Justice
An Iraqi translator is prosecuted and Blackwater has its contract renewed for another year, armed and dangerous in Baghdad.
Apr 6, 2008 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Communists in the Schools: Controversy in California Communists in the Schools: Controversy in California
The California legislature is considering a bill to repeal the law, passed in the heyday of McCarthyism, that permits the firing of Communist Party members who teach in public scho...
Apr 6, 2008 / Jon Wiener