California’s Knightmare

W hen the Vermont Supreme Court ruled December 20 that denying the statutory benefits and protections of marriage to same-sex couples was discriminatory, conservatives began frothing at the mouth

Doug Ireland

Fresh Airwaves

Media critics are more accustomed to pointing out problems than pointing to victories.

Danny Schechter

Crazed Cops, ‘Fallen Heroes’

Those endless wars on crime and drugs–a staple of 90 percent of America’s politicians these last thirty years–have engendered not merely our 2 million prisoners but a vindictive hysteria that p

Alexander Cockburn

Despite the Cloud Over His Presidency, Clinton Excelled

Although he endured great hardship, Bill Clinton comes out of the Oval Office smelling like roses.

Robert Scheer

‘The First Environmentalists’

For thirty years, since the publication of Silent Spring and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, the growth of the environmental movement has been fueled with sorrow for the decimation o

Mindy Pennybacker

The Last Job Ashcroft Should Be Given Is AG

Robert Scheer

Of Scientists and Spies

After thirty years spent building the Federation of American Scientists into one of the country’s most valuable and venerable institutional voices for peace, democracy and real security, Jeremy S

Eric Alterman

Gay Teens Fight Back

Jared Nayfack was 11 years old and living in the heart of conservative Orange County, California, when he told his best friend from school that he was gay–“and my friend then came out to me,” sa

Doug Ireland

You Can’t Be a Moderate and Pick Ashcroft for Justice

Robert Scheer

Home Discomforts

Isn’t it curious how often the policy disaster that is posited as the thing that will never happen takes place within minutes?

Katha Pollitt