Wolfowitz Out: The Spin Doesn’t Matter Wolfowitz Out: The Spin Doesn’t Matter
From the statemen...
May 18, 2007 / David Corn
More Trouble in Latte-Land More Trouble in Latte-Land
Today Starbucks faced legal and political trouble from its own workers. On the third anniversary of the founding of the IWW Starbucks Union, baristas in Chicago marched into a shop...
May 17, 2007 / Liza Featherstone
Georgie Feels the Love Georgie Feels the Love
"I'm startin' to get on board with the impeachment folks" "The rule of law has just been thrown out the window. I agree that impeachment is in order." "R...
May 17, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Costa Rica Quits SOA Costa Rica Quits SOA
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias announced May 16 that his country will stop sending police to train at the US Army Ft. Benning facility, citing its history of involvement in mil...
May 17, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
A Bluegrass Battle for Dems A Bluegrass Battle for Dems
On Tuesday, Democrats in Kentucky will choose their nominee to battle notoriously corrupt Governor Ernie Fletcher this November. This is not just a typical Democratic primary, but ...
May 17, 2007 / Ari Berman
GOP Senators to Gonzales: Go Already! GOP Senators to Gonzales: Go Already!
"The president still has full confidence in Alberto Gonzales," says White House spokesman Tony Snow. Yikes! The president still has confidence. Even Snow, whose willingness to e...
May 17, 2007 / John Nichols
Even Then Maybe Even Then Maybe
Not spent those bloodshot friendships those
soul-marriages sealed and torn
those smiles of pain
I told her a mouthful
May 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Adrienne Rich
Cinema Studies Cinema Studies
The staged images in Jeff Wall's photographs mirror the fictional glamour of film stills and formal painting.
May 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Stop Making Sense Stop Making Sense
A 1920s Russian literary movement celebrating experimental narratives and absurdism never survived Stalin's reign.
May 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Colin Fleming
Why It Happened the Way It Did Why It Happened the Way It Did
Ian Kershaw's latest work analyzes ten decisions that shaped the outcome of World War II.
May 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans