Press Watch Press Watch
A silver lining amid the dismal outpouring of news from Iraq has been the unbroken parade of conservative (and liberal hawk) commentators who now admit--with mea culpas, half-apo...
Aug 12, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
Return of the White-ist Return of the White-ist
Not that you missed him while he was gone, but David Duke is back.
Aug 5, 2004 / Feature / Leonard Zeskind
Latin America’s Longest War Latin America’s Longest War
In May, Jan Egeland, the United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, called a news conference in New York to declare publicly what he had been warning people about fo...
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
Bush Zones Go National Bush Zones Go National
In the undeclared war against dissent, disagreement has become a crime.
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Jim Hightower
Identity Politics Identity Politics
While controversy rages across the country over whether computerized voting machines may result in lost or manipulated votes, there is another change in the election system this ...
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Tova Andrea Wang
Time’s Up Time’s Up
It's been four years since the International AIDS Conference was first held in the developing world, in Durban, South Africa, and activists' demand for universal treatment access...
Jul 29, 2004 / Editorial / Esther Kaplan
Time’s Up Time’s Up
Though Bush trumpets his commitment to the AIDS fight, the delegation he sent to Bangkok was rather anemic.
Jul 22, 2004 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
Homophobia and Apple Pie Homophobia and Apple Pie
Bush keeps claiming to represent "normal" Americans at the expense of "the other."
Jul 20, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lead Balloons Lead Balloons
I'm riding an elevator in downtown Boston. There is a sign warning of travel restrictions during the last week of July. A woman gets on. We both stare ahead as per elevator etiqu...
Jul 15, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
The Supreme Court of the United States has had two historic encounters with George W. Bush.
Jul 15, 2004 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell