Pentagon General Counsel Resigns Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
As criticism over his support for torture and his interference in the Gitmo trials escalates, William J. Haynes steps down.
Feb 26, 2008 / Feature / Ross Tuttle
Mukasey: Keep Them Locked Up Mukasey: Keep Them Locked Up
Attorney General Michael Mukasey wants us all to be crystal-clear here. The early release of 1,500 prisoners convicted on crack-cocaine charges recommended by the US Sentencing Co...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Between Abstinence and Global HIV/AIDS Between Abstinence and Global HIV/AIDS
Perhaps Nicholas Kristof put it best: Condoms don't cause sex any more than umbrellas cause rain. Yet this week as Congress gears up to reauthorize the President's program to figh...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Can Clinton Change the Shape of Things to Come? Can Clinton Change the Shape of Things to Come?
After 19 debates between eight Democratic presidential candidates, then seven, then six, then four, then two, it is easy enough to think that there is nothing left to be said by t...
Feb 26, 2008 / John Nichols
The Two Nuernbergs The Two Nuernbergs
Twenty very little men are defendants in a very big trial.
Feb 26, 2008 / Feature / Peter de Mendelssohn
Stopping the New Arms Race Stopping the New Arms Race
The White House will do everything it can to push its reckless, European-based missile defense plan forward. Not only is there growing citizen opposition in the host countries t...
Feb 26, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Splitting the Difference on Mandates Splitting the Difference on Mandates
Jacob Hacker wades into the great mandate debate this morning in the LA Times. He argues that the sturm und drang over mandates is overblown: Still, I do not believe that the ind...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll
When will we stop living in the '60s?
Feb 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan
Racist Drug Law Losing Steam Racist Drug Law Losing Steam
Bipartisan support for reforming the two-decade-old federal sentencing structure that treats crack cocaine offenses one hundred times more severely than crimes involving powder co...
Feb 26, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Now Can We Talk About 9/11 Now Can We Talk About 9/11
While over its tenure, the Bush administration has increased baseline military spending by 30% to fight a global "war on terror," this month with the release of the President's la...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes