The Bush Legacy: Journey to the Dark Side The Bush Legacy: Journey to the Dark Side
We have not come to grips with how centrally the Bush Administration has planted torture, abuse, kidnapping, and illegal imprisonment at the heart of governmental practice, the new...
Jan 8, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Maternity Fashions, Junior Size Maternity Fashions, Junior Size
Teens getting pregnant: bad. Teens having babies: good. If this makes no sense, wake up and smell the Enfamil: it's 2008!
Jan 3, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Toy Story Toy Story
An eviscerated Consumer Product Safety Commission means American children still face perils from their toys.
Jan 3, 2008 / Editorial / Daphne Eviatar
Obama, Race and the Presidency Obama, Race and the Presidency
Barack Obama's historic victory in Iowa comes at a crucial time for a nation still grappling with how remedies to offset racism affect America's power structure.
Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber
Amnesia at the Multiplex Amnesia at the Multiplex
Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.
Dec 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Writers of the World Unite Writers of the World Unite
Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.
Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Luvh Rakhe
From the Archive: In Europe, Where’s the Hate? From the Archive: In Europe, Where’s the Hate?
The main threat to democracy isn't “Islamofacism” but plain old fascism, with mostly white Europeans terrorizing minorities in the name of racial, cultural or religious...
Dec 20, 2007 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
‘Bad for the Jews’ ‘Bad for the Jews’
A paradox of American Jewish political behavior: they think like liberals, but they let belligerent right-wingers who demonize and distort their values speak for them.
Dec 20, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
Western Promises Western Promises
From the archive: A book by a former ICTY official offers a vivid insider's account of realpolitik at the Milosevic trial.
Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marc Perelman
About Facebook About Facebook
As the old concept of privacy fades and a new one arises online, what is being lost?
Dec 20, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber