Habeas Corpus and a Senate Race in Maine Habeas Corpus and a Senate Race in Maine
The United States Senate celebrated this week's 220th anniversary of the Constitution by failing to endorse the restoration of the habeas corpus protections that legal scholar Alb...
Sep 20, 2007 / John Nichols
“The Fat Lady Has Not Sung Yet” “The Fat Lady Has Not Sung Yet”
The people of the nation's capital – all 600,000 of them – came closer than ever before to long sought after voting representation in Congress yesterday. But in the end, bipa...
Sep 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Prelude to a Police State in Iraq Prelude to a Police State in Iraq
Iraqi Security Forces are riddled with corruption, and if the US involvement continues, Baghdad could become the capital of a Shiite police state employing the classic methods of d...
Sep 19, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Progressives See No Progress Progressives See No Progress
When it comes to the Iraq War, the 72-member Congressional Progressive Caucus has generally been a source of energy in the Democratic Party, as its members have quite vocally pres...
Sep 19, 2007 / The Nation
Art Matters Art Matters
Michael Rakowitz talks about his art, the possibility of public space and the Iraq War.
Sep 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Tiven
Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus
Today the US Senate fell four votes short of restoring Habeas Corpus, the fundamental constitutional right of individuals to challenge government detention, which the Republican Co...
Sep 19, 2007 / Ari Melber
Restore Integrity to Federal Elections Restore Integrity to Federal Elections
The House must act now to create universal voting standards and restore confidence in our electoral system.
Sep 19, 2007 / Lawrence Norden
Iran Blowback? Iran Blowback?
Be careful what you wish for--that might be the catch phrase for American relations with Iran since the CIA helped overthrow the elected government of that country in 1953 and inst...
Sep 19, 2007 / TomDispatch
The Mercenary Factor The Mercenary Factor
Who elected Blackwater and other hired guns to rule the world? The banning of Blackwater in Iraq sheds more light on the checkbook imperialism fueling Bush's state of perpetual war...
Sep 19, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Scholarships Happen Scholarships Happen
He's back. Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In ...
Sep 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel