Politics

Anatomy of a Bad Law Anatomy of a Bad Law

Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could ...

Mar 30, 2006 / Feature / Lauren Bans

The Devil Inside The Devil Inside

Falsehoods, fudges and outright lies have defined Ralph Reed's career. Tarnished by the Abramoff scandal, he's betting his political future on the tendency of the religious right t...

Mar 30, 2006 / Feature / Bob Moser

The President Is Not Smiling The President Is Not Smiling

Card is out, Bolten in. The Senate is stuck on immigration. And every day brings more bad news. Take care of this, will you, Josh?

Mar 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider

Google’s Wi-Fi Privacy Ploy Google’s Wi-Fi Privacy Ploy

Google and other telecom giants are wooing cities with plans to create public Wi-Fi grids. But there's no such thing as a free digital lunch: The price we pay is a loss of online p...

Mar 24, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester

Who Is Killing New Orleans? Who Is Killing New Orleans?

Mayor-appointed commissions and experts, mostly white and Republican, propose to radically shrink and reshape a majority-black and Democratic city.

Mar 23, 2006 / Feature / Mike Davis

Why There’s No Strategy to End This War Why There’s No Strategy to End This War

When Democrats ignored Russ Feingold's motion to censure the President, they provided more evidence that there is no visible national strategy to end the war and bring the troops h...

Mar 23, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Neglect in New Orleans Neglect in New Orleans

A perfect storm of malign neglect is battering the victims of Hurricane Katrina. But the people of New Orleans are fighting back: They deserve our support as they press for the rig...

Mar 23, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors

Censoring Censure Censoring Censure

By failing to support Russ Feingold's motion to censure the President for illegal domestic spying, Democrats are taking the same path of overly calculated caution that cost them el...

Mar 23, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols

Giving Americans a Raise Giving Americans a Raise

The massive number of Americans who support raising the minimum wage should spur Congress to action.

Mar 23, 2006 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen

Comeuppance in Cleveland Comeuppance in Cleveland

One tough question from an elderly gentleman in Cleveland punctured the President's pretensions about the reasons for launching the disastrous Iraq war.

Mar 22, 2006 / Feature / Robert Scheer

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