Free Gary Tyler Free Gary Tyler
Gary Tyler, black, now aged 48, is serving a life prison sentence in the infamous State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. He was convicted in 1975 for the murder of 13-year-old T...
Mar 29, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
A Free Man A Free Man
Madison Smartt Bell's new biography of Toussaint Louverture explores the complexities of the man who created modern Haiti.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Laurent Dubois
On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals
Inventing Human Rights traces the roots of humanitarian concern back to the eighteenth century. But there's a world of difference between then and now.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits
Wounded soldiers returning from Iraq are increasingly being wrongly diagnosed by the military, which prevents them from collecting benefits.
Mar 29, 2007 / Feature / Joshua Kors
Porn Cop vs. US Attorney Porn Cop vs. US Attorney
A federal prosecutor fired as he was launching an investigation of a GOP Congressman now stands smeared by the White House and its antiporn crusader.
Mar 29, 2007 / Max Blumenthal
The Loan Shark Lobby The Loan Shark Lobby
With Democrats in control of Congress, prospects for regulating subprime lenders have improved. But don't hold your breath.
Mar 29, 2007 / Garrett Ordower
A Turning Point A Turning Point
By voting to set a timetable to withdraw from Iraq, the House and Senate are finally at the table, challenging Bush's war-making.
Mar 29, 2007 / The Editors
Prosecutors and the Death Penalty Prosecutors and the Death Penalty
As the US Attorney purge scandal intensifies, new light is shed on federal prosecutors' struggles with the Justice Department over the death penalty.
Mar 29, 2007 / Feature / Liliana Segura
Sampson: Gonzales Not Telling Whole Truth Sampson: Gonzales Not Telling Whole Truth
Kyle Sampson resigned as a loyal servant. Now the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is taking issue with some of the key statements his boss has recently ...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
Bolivia’s Dance with Evo Morales Bolivia’s Dance with Evo Morales
More than a year into President Evo Morales's first term, Bolivia remains in a labyrinth, somewhere between reform, revolution and national crisis.
Mar 29, 2007 / Feature / Benjamin Dangl and April Howard