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Bush’s Immigration Clampdown Crimped Bush’s Immigration Clampdown Crimped

A federal judge in San Francisco has put on hold new Homeland Security regulations designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in the workplace.

Aug 22, 2007 / Feature / David Bacon

The Real Lesson of the Padilla Conviction The Real Lesson of the Padilla Conviction

If it had followed the rule of law from the outset, the Bush Administration could have brought many terrorists to justice by now.

Aug 18, 2007 / Editorial / David Cole

Reading Arendt in Caracas Reading Arendt in Caracas

A student movement influenced by Hannah Arendt is emerging in Venezuela. What do they think of the Bolivarian Revolution?

Aug 17, 2007 / Feature / Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

The Gay Presidential Debate The Gay Presidential Debate

What do the Democratic presidential candidates talk about when they talk about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues?

Aug 10, 2007 / Feature / E.J. Graff

Stars and Bars Stars and Bars

How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong?

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

The Diana/Whore Complex The Diana/Whore Complex

The lovelorn, fragile women the media once revered have given way to skank posses of the skinny, the slutty and the overindulged.

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry

The Protect Alberto Gonzales Act of 2007 The Protect Alberto Gonzales Act of 2007

Congress bows to Bush and passes a law that allows blanket data-mining of all phone calls or e-mail by anyone, anywhere.

Aug 9, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Sacco & Vanzetti Today Sacco & Vanzetti Today

History sheds no new light on their guilt or innocence. But it does make clear that their trial and execution was an unjust and intolerable act of barbarism.

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Moshik Temkin

Funding Higher Ed Funding Higher Ed

The Congressional overhaul of federal student aid is a good first step, but true reform of the system will require an effort on the scale of the GI Bill.

Aug 9, 2007 / Editorial / Anya Kamenetz

Give Bonds His Due Give Bonds His Due

It's official: He's the new home run king. Will the media ever get over it?

Aug 8, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin

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