Sweatin’ to the Koran Sweatin’ to the Koran
What do burqas, Osama and fascism have to do with six hours of man-free exercise time at Harvard?
Apr 9, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Torture Memo The Torture Memo
How could two really smart government lawyers authorize torture in arguments that have no foundation in law?
Apr 9, 2008 / Editorial / Stephen Gillers
Washington at War Washington at War
The Petraeus hearings reveal a political class--Democrats and Republicans--trapped in concentric circles of imperial myopia.
Apr 9, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors
Suffragist City Suffragist City
Two new books examine the history of the first women's rights campaign.
Apr 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mary Beth Norton
Journalists As Truth-Tellers Journalists As Truth-Tellers
Journalism can still make a difference, but the truth matters more. And if you can't get to the truth through journalism, there are other ways to get there.
Apr 7, 2008 / Editorial / Bill Moyers
Fitna’s Hateful Crusade Fitna’s Hateful Crusade
The new film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders is the latest in a series of stunts aimed at humiliating and scapegoating Muslims.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Aziz Huq
Where Credit Is Due Where Credit Is Due
To view education as a profit-making business is to attack the lifelong love of learning.
Apr 3, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Guantánamo Endgame Guantánamo Endgame
New revelations of political interference in the prosecution of Gitmo prisoners shows Team Bush scrambling to keep one step ahead of history--and of criminal charges.
Apr 3, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors
The Change We Wish to See The Change We Wish to See
Real change cannot come from the top down alone; it must rise up from the bottom as well.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Grant Resick
It’s a Scandal, All Right It’s a Scandal, All Right
Media pundits and bloggers bloviate when journalists make mistakes. But where is their outrage over the biggest fraud of all: the way the media followed Bush to war?
Mar 31, 2008 / Editorial / Mary Mapes