25 Questions About the Murder of New Orleans 25 Questions About the Murder of New Orleans
New Orleans did not die an accidental death--it was murdered by deliberate design and planned neglect. Here are twenty-five urgent questions from the people who live in a city subm...
Sep 30, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mike Davis and Anthony Fontenot
Running on Fumes Running on Fumes
Unless the federal government does something now, rising gas prices have the potential to break the blue-collar backbone of many American towns.
Sep 29, 2005 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
From Lynndie England to Shaquille O’Neal From Lynndie England to Shaquille O’Neal
Americans are becoming more hostile by the day to the war in Iraq, the nation is demoralized over official abandonment of the victims of the Gulf Coast storm, but the Democratic Pa...
Sep 29, 2005 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
A New Gilbert and Sullivan Song About George W. Bush as a Take-Charge Guy A New Gilbert and Sullivan Song About George W. Bush as a Take-Charge Guy
Where normal human beings see a storm-devastated community, George W. Bush sees only a photo opportunity.
Sep 29, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Minority/Majority Minority/Majority
Three senators caved and supported the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. as Supreme Court Chief Justice. But one lawmaker, banking on the public's cynicism of the oil industry, wan...
Sep 29, 2005 / Editorial / David Sirota
Peaceniks Flood DC Peaceniks Flood DC
Last week's antiwar rally in Washington sent a single, unequivocal message: At home and abroad, the Bush Administration is a complete failure.
Sep 29, 2005 / Editorial / Liza Featherstone
‘The Hammer’ Gets Hit ‘The Hammer’ Gets Hit
Tom DeLay's indictment on criminal conspiracy charges comes at a moment of acute public awareness of the culture of corruption the GOP has created. What happens next is up to the D...
Sep 28, 2005 / Editorial / Ari Berman
When ‘Connected’ means ‘Corrupted’ When ‘Connected’ means ‘Corrupted’
The hurricane-driven windfalls for GOP-connected businesses continues, and so do the scandals of widespread corruption among George Bush's cronies. And the rest of us are played fo...
Sep 27, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Roberts’s Queer Reasoning on AIDS Roberts’s Queer Reasoning on AIDS
When John G. Roberts Jr. counseled President Ronald Reagan on AIDS policies, did he willfully perpetuate the myth that AIDS can be spread by casual contact?
Sep 26, 2005 / Feature / David W. Webber
Make Levees, Not War Make Levees, Not War
New Orleans was top-of-mind for more than 100,000 peace advocates in Washington who delivered a clear and unified message, protesting the Bush Administration's war in Iraq and its ...
Sep 25, 2005 / Editorial / Liza Featherstone