Jon Stewart Takes on Torture Supporters Jon Stewart Takes on Torture Supporters
Jon Stewart surveys the misdirected outrage Obama's release of the Bush administration's torture memos has provoked on the right.
Apr 21, 2009 / The Daily Show
Blowback at the Border Blowback at the Border
Drug prohibition and unregulated guns gave us the Mexican drug wars.
Apr 15, 2009 / Feature / Peter Schrag
What Do (Battered) Women Want? What Do (Battered) Women Want?
We take it for granted that when men hit, it's up to women to run away. Except, some of them stay.
Apr 15, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Dead Souls Dead Souls
Life sentences without possibility of parole contribute to the ever-expanding gulag of our criminal justice system.
Apr 15, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Webb’s Prison Crusade Webb’s Prison Crusade
The Virginia senator's willingness to take up this cause is evidence that the culture gap may be closing.
Apr 15, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Reach Out to Cuba to Heal Guantánamo’s Wounds Reach Out to Cuba to Heal Guantánamo’s Wounds
As Obama seeks to remake the US-Cuba relationship, why not form a partnership to transform the prison into a health research center?
Apr 13, 2009 / Marcus G. Raskin and Joshua Frens-String
Limbaugh Gets Lashed By a Listener Limbaugh Gets Lashed By a Listener
The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses Rush Limbaugh's clash with an angry caller, who's a Republican veteran.
Apr 13, 2009 / Countdown
They Fought the Law: Fred Strebeigh’s Equal They Fought the Law: Fred Strebeigh’s Equal
An outstanding history of women's struggle for equality through the courts and in the legal profession.
Apr 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
Global Crime Wave? Global Crime Wave?
In this global economic meltdown, with fifty million people potentially losing their jobs by the end of this year, one beneficiary will likely by crime syndicates.
Apr 6, 2009 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Did Colin Powell Authorize Torture? Did Colin Powell Authorize Torture?
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell seems to be suffering from an all-too-familiar case of Bush-era memory loss
Apr 3, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show