Politicize the War Politicize the War
By sending Petraeus to Capitol Hill, the White House tried to smuggle in a radical war agenda under the mantle of an outstanding soldier. And people fell for it.
Sep 20, 2007 / Chris Hayes
Taking Power Taking Power
America is sleepwalking into one-man rule. What can the Democrats do about it?
Sep 20, 2007 / Jonathan Schell
Poverty Is Hazardous to Your Health Poverty Is Hazardous to Your Health
With the exception of John Edwards's plan to eradicate poverty, the concerns of the poor seem to have fallen off the progressive agenda for 2008.
Sep 20, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Fidel, You Got the Wrong Conspiracy Fidel, You Got the Wrong Conspiracy
Forget 9/11. Alan Greenspan escapes vilification for his role in a plot against America's economic security.
Sep 20, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Bush on Iraq Bush on Iraq
He's digging us in, deeper and deeper.
Sep 20, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
‘Jena Is America’ ‘Jena Is America’
Jena, Louisiana, has become a national symbol of racial injustice, as civil rights activists converge on the town to protest a miscarriage of justice against six black teens.
Sep 20, 2007 / Column / Gary Younge
Combatants for Peace Combatants for Peace
This past January a ten year old Palestinian girl, Abir Aramin, was hit by a rubber bullet fired by Israeli Border Police as she was making her way home from school in East Jerusa...
Sep 20, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
An Iraqi “Eliot Ness” Out in the Cold–UPDATED An Iraqi “Eliot Ness” Out in the Cold–UPDATED
Three days ago, I called the State Department with a question: what is the Bush administration doing to help Radhi al-Radhi? The answer appears to be this: ...
Sep 20, 2007 / David Corn
Don’t Like Noam Chomsky? Try Alan Greenspan Don’t Like Noam Chomsky? Try Alan Greenspan
Remember Michael Ignatieff's "Getting Iraq Wrong," the New York Times Sunday Magazine essay in which he explained that he supported the war in Iraq because he was a sensitive...
Sep 20, 2007 / Katha Pollitt
The Times They Are A-Changin’ The Times They Are A-Changin’
Politics aside, a speeded-up primary season may be a unique opportunity to rethink our notions of time altogether.
Sep 20, 2007 / Annabelle Gurwitch