Is Koppel a Commie? Is Koppel a Commie?
The Sinclair Broadcast Group, a Maryland-based media company whose holdings include sixty-two TV stations, did the country a favor when it refused to air the April 30 special e...
May 6, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Terror at Jaslyk The Terror at Jaslyk
In the desert steppe of northwestern Uzbekistan, great dust storms lift toxic pesticides into the air, and a powdery, desiccated brine known as the "dry tears of the Aral Sea" co...
Apr 13, 2004 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian
Prison Without Walls Prison Without Walls
Our nation's two-decade spree of building prisons and sentencing even nonviolent criminals to long spells inside them has produced a staggering number of incarcerated people in A...
Apr 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Egan
Women and Prison Women and Prison
Thirteen-year-old Idalmin Santana has a ready smile and long braids. She lives with a foster family in Jamaica, Queens, because her parents are in prison.
Mar 25, 2004 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Al Jazeera Goes to Jail Al Jazeera Goes to Jail
In Iraq's media war, US troops are imprisoning and abusing Arab journalists.
Mar 11, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Prison Reform Talking Points Prison Reform Talking Points
The US prison system is exacting an increasingly heavy toll, both financial and human.
Dec 19, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Rosenbaum Inquisition Rosenbaum Inquisition
In 2002, Republicans on a House Judiciary subcommittee trained their sights on an unlikely target: conservative Judge James Rosenbaum, Chief Judge of the US District Court for th...
Dec 11, 2003 / Editorial / David Rubenstein
The Last Disenfranchised Class The Last Disenfranchised Class
Nearly 5 million Americans can't vote because of felony convictions.
Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Perl
Children Left Behind Children Left Behind
In his State of the Union speech this past January, President Bush appeared to make a compassionate gesture toward children with incarcerated parents when he proposed an initia...
Sep 11, 2003 / Editorial / Chesa Boudin
Kathy Boudin’s Time Kathy Boudin’s Time
Kathy Boudin's parole from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after twenty-two years is welcome and overdue.
Aug 28, 2003 / Editorial / The Editors