Pandora’s Box Pandora’s Box
A deep planetary insecurity has fostered a rush to build boundaries around ourselves--psychic green zones--no matter how irrational, separating white from black or brown, Christian...
Jan 5, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The President’s Measured Response to Criticism of His Secret Domestic Spying Operation The President’s Measured Response to Criticism of His Secret Domestic Spying Operation
Since I am Commander in Chief, My powers to spy or debrief Are limitless. That's my belief. So go somewhere else with your beef.
Jan 5, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Hunger Is Not a Place Hunger Is Not a Place
It's not true that only the rich can help the poor. We must work to empower nations like Bangladesh that are addressing the problem of hunger by creating networks of schools, healt...
Jan 5, 2006 / Editorial / Frances Moore Lappé
Of Queers and Kong Of Queers and Kong
From Brokeback Mountain's closeted cowboys to King Kong's embrace of Anne Darrow, Hollywood has queered cherished icons of masculinity. But the two films paint a bleak picture: Lov...
Jan 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
The Case Against Alito The Case Against Alito
Samuel Alito would swing the Supreme Court to a right-wing authoritarianism that is out of step with the public and the Constitution.
Jan 5, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
A ‘Top Ten’ List of Bold Ideas A ‘Top Ten’ List of Bold Ideas
To take back the nation in the post-Bush era, start thinking now about some bold but plausible progressive reforms, from universal health insurance to free daycare and a shorter wo...
Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz and Thad Williamson
How Do We Know FISA Is Working? How Do We Know FISA Is Working?
The illegality of the Bush-approved NSA domestic spying program seems obvious, especially with the passage of FISA in 1978, which requires electronic surveillance to be conducted o...
Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Herman Schwartz
Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free
Why is it not bigger news that these infamous Iraqi scientists have been quietly released from imprisonment in Iraq without any charges being brought by their US captors?
Dec 28, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Legacy of Four Women The Legacy of Four Women
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, George McGovern and Representative Jim McGovern journey to El Salvador to assess what ha...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / George McGovern and Rep. Jim McGovern
Fixing the Torture Fix Fixing the Torture Fix
Congress has passed legislation allowing evidence obtained through torture to be used against terror suspects in court. But human rights groups and some Congressional leaders will ...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith