George, Mahmoud, Benedict George, Mahmoud, Benedict
In an era when every Ann, Isaiah and Tim can bask in the toxic green glow of homophobe fame just by throwing around the F-word a few times in public, it's nice to know that some pe...
May 17, 2007 / Richard Kim
Nutter Wins in Philadelphia Nutter Wins in Philadelphia
A favored Democrat's mayoral primary win divides a city between those who support his hardball anticrime tactics and minorities who see them as a blueprint for racial profiling.
May 17, 2007 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
Stuck in the Sand Stuck in the Sand
It's dispiriting for opponents of the war that a motion to bring an end to combat operations in Iraq by March 2008 received only 29 votes in the Senate yesterday.
May 17, 2007 / Ari Berman
Dems Sell Out on Trade Dems Sell Out on Trade
The so-called bipartisan compromise on trade is a bad deal for all who seek to reform corporate-led globalization.
May 16, 2007 / The Editors
Agent of Intolerance Agent of Intolerance
Jerry Falwell is best known for crusading against abortion and homosexuality. But early on, he skillfully used race to galvanize the Christian right.
May 16, 2007 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
The Iraq Memoir Industry The Iraq Memoir Industry
The Iraq-official memoir publishing industry is beginning to resemble a circular firing squad. In last Sunday's Washington Post, Paul Bremer duked it out with those who've accuse...
May 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Misjudging Women Misjudging Women
In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Justice Anthony Kennedy has utterly changed the course of abortion jurisprudence.
May 16, 2007 / Feature / Jessica Arons
The Iraq Information Crackdown The Iraq Information Crackdown
The Iraqi government bans news footage of street carnage and the Pentagon blocks soldiers' access to YouTube and MySpace. Can we assume from this that the surge is going badly?
May 16, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Iran Nukes Call Bush’s Bluff Iran Nukes Call Bush’s Bluff
Tehran's religious fanatics move closer to wreaking nuclear havoc, and what can Bush do about it? Nothing.
May 16, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Iraq Action Camp Iraq Action Camp
US troops have questioned hundreds of people and detained 11 in the search for three American soldiers feared captured by al-Qaeda during a deadly weekend ambush south of Baghdad,...
May 15, 2007 / Peter Rothberg