Hillary’s Nasty Pastorate Hillary’s Nasty Pastorate
When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, Hillary Clinton is a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
Mar 19, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
China’s Olympic Delusion China’s Olympic Delusion
Cracking down once again in Tibet, China seeks to control the script on its flawed human rights record, yet still be regarded as a suitable host for the Olympics. Dream on.
Mar 19, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Notes on a Scandal Notes on a Scandal
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
Mar 17, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Tracing Slavery’s Past Tracing Slavery’s Past
On the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade, a documentarian tries to come to grips with her family's history in the trade.
Mar 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Te-Ping Chen
Reviving Vietnam War Tactics Reviving Vietnam War Tactics
One of Gen. Petraeus's top advisors advocates a return to the global Phoenix program used during the Vietnam War.
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
John Q. Public John Q. Public
Just once it would be nice to see a male politician caught in a sex scandal stand up there at a press conference all by himself.
Mar 13, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Spitzer Sting The Spitzer Sting
Was there a medium-sized right-wing conspiracy to nail Eliot Spitzer?
Mar 13, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Smearing Obama Smearing Obama
False claims about Obama intended to stoke racial and religious fear are trickling from the far right to the mainstream media.
Mar 13, 2008 / Ari Berman
Border Death Backstory Border Death Backstory
The trial for the murder of undocumented immigrant Francisco Javier Domínguez stripped him of his humanity. The retrial must not make the same mistake.
Mar 13, 2008 / Debbie Nathan
The Torture Veto The Torture Veto
Bush has made history by being the first American President to use his veto power to preserve torture.
Mar 13, 2008 / David Cole