Wanted: Unruly Activists Wanted: Unruly Activists

They're loud, lion-hearted, obnoxious and essential to democracy. And as an unjust war continues to create enormous suffering, we need people brave enough to practice extreme polit...

Sep 12, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Picking a New AG Picking a New AG

This email from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell just hit my inbox: "This Nation Needs A New Attorney General, And It Can't Afford To Wait." The subhead below read...

Sep 12, 2007 / Ari Berman

A General Dissembles A General Dissembles

Of course, Gen. David Petraeus sees tangible progress and predicts success in the Iraq war. What wonders couldn't generals achieve with more troops and more time?

Sep 12, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Surge in Baghdad The Surge in Baghdad

In this web video from Robert Greenwald's BraveNew Films, Tom Hayden counts the human cost of the US troop surge, as measured in the ruined lives of Iraqi civilians.

Sep 11, 2007 / Tom Hayden

Petraeus: I “Don’t Know” If Iraq War Makes U.S. Safer Petraeus: I “Don’t Know” If Iraq War Makes U.S. Safer

Did General David Petraeus today suggest that the war in Iraq may not make the United States safer?

During his second day of appearances on Capitol ...

Sep 11, 2007 / David Corn

Small Town Injustice in Jena Small Town Injustice in Jena

For an update on the Jena 6 case read my colleague Mark Sorkin's new exclusive online report. I've been meaning to write about the Jena 6 since I first heard the shocking detail...

Sep 11, 2007 / Peter Rothberg

Spinning a False Exit Spinning a False Exit

All he did was say that by the summer of 2008, US troop levels in Iraq would be the same as in December 2006. Yet David Petraeus, ever the stoic general, sat before Congress and cl...

Sep 11, 2007 / Ari Berman

Honoring 9-11 By Objecting To Its Exploitation Honoring 9-11 By Objecting To Its Exploitation

The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Monday for a resolution recalling the 9-11 tragedy, which occurred six years ago today. The resolution was far more respons...

Sep 11, 2007 / John Nichols

Bush’s 9/11 Tradeoff Bush’s 9/11 Tradeoff

The Administration has come to regard the law as a barrier to security and a literal weapon of our enemies, and sees crime as a legitimate tool to fight terror.

Sep 11, 2007 / Ari Melber

Vietnam: Death of Seven Zipperheads Vietnam: Death of Seven Zipperheads

A soldier's button says "We Shall Overkill." In Vietnam, it speaks the truth.

Sep 11, 2007 / Feature / William Eastlake