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Ha’aretz, Israel’s Liberal Beacon Ha’aretz, Israel’s Liberal Beacon

A spirited daily paper is the last remaining defender of Israel's tradition of dissent.

Sep 6, 2007 / Feature / Stephen Glain

Patriot Act’s Wide Net Patriot Act’s Wide Net

The Gonzales Justice Department used the Patriot Act to prosecute a gang of eco-arsonists as terrorists.

Sep 6, 2007 / Editorial / Ken Olsen

Onward, Secular Soldiers Onward, Secular Soldiers

Memo to candidates: There are more atheists, agnostics and skeptics out there than you think. How about sending us some love?

Sep 6, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Reaganites Reconsider Reaganites Reconsider

Even staunch conservatives are becoming alarmed at the Bush Administration's unconstitutional expansion of presidential powers.

Sep 6, 2007 / Editorial / Charlie Savage

Homos, Hypocrites and Haters Homos, Hypocrites and Haters

The shaming and resignation of Senator Larry Craig proves that if you're going to be a hypocrite in American politics, it pays to be a straight hypocrite.

Sep 4, 2007 / Editorial / Timothy Patrick McCarthy

Cleaning Up After the Orioles Cleaning Up After the Orioles

Thanks to some major-league grassroots organizing, workers who keep Baltimore's Camden Yards pristine are close to winning the right to a living wage.

Sep 4, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin

The Mystery of Mother Teresa The Mystery of Mother Teresa

That a woman perceived of possessing great personal holiness turns out to be a person who suffered doubt in her experience with God deepens her mystery, rather than lessens it.

Sep 3, 2007 / Feature / Richard Rodriguez and Mary Ambrose

Travails of the Super-Rich Travails of the Super-Rich

Just in time for Labor Day, a new report on the gap between the boss and the average worker is a gleefully malicious attack on the richest CEOs.

Aug 31, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich

NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules

Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rule...

Aug 30, 2007 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

Skinhead Violence Rising in Russia Skinhead Violence Rising in Russia

Copying the tactics of terrorists, neo-Nazi groups are targeting reformers, progressives and ethnic minorities.

Aug 29, 2007 / Feature / Mark Ames and Alexander Zaitchik

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