Failing Students, Rising Profits Failing Students, Rising Profits
The Community Education Partners (CEP) serves students the public schools don't want--and it makes millions.
Sep 1, 2005 / Feature / Annette Fuentes
Theocracy Lite Theocracy Lite
How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?
Sep 1, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Robertson Republican A Robertson Republican
Bush's paean to his staunchest ally's murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.
Sep 1, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
Messing With Mother Nature Messing With Mother Nature
Rush Limbaugh would should skip the juvenile hurricane jokes and summon up some genuine empathy for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Sep 1, 2005 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Spying on the Protesters Spying on the Protesters
It's déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.
Sep 1, 2005 / Editorial / John S. Friedman
Roberts, Without Illusions Roberts, Without Illusions
As confirmation hearings open, we already know a great deal about John G. Roberts Jr. He's ethically challenged, ideologically rigid and unfit for the Supreme Court.
Sep 1, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors
‘The Constant Gardener’: What the Movie Missed ‘The Constant Gardener’: What the Movie Missed
As Big Pharma increasingly turns to the Third World to test its products, this lush film will spark outrage, but glosses over the constant vigilance necessary to police drug trials...
Aug 30, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Sonia Shah
In Defense of Pat Robertson In Defense of Pat Robertson
The wacky televangelist may have done us a favor by bringing the insanity of Bush Administration tactics into plain view.
Aug 26, 2005 / Feature / Richard Kim
Rick Warren, ‘America’s Pastor’ Rick Warren, ‘America’s Pastor’
His bestselling The Purpose-Driven Life has made him a superstar, but is mega-pastor Rick Warren's true purpose strictly political?
Aug 25, 2005 / Feature / Wendy Kaminer
Who’s Next? Who’s Next?
Military recruiters are targeting the nation's high schools and junior highs, seeking an early harvest of soldiers-to-be. Is your child next?
Aug 25, 2005 / Feature / Karen Houppert