Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels
CIA, Department of Justice, White House--and members of Congress--ran through every legal and procedural red light designed to prevent criminal conduct and its cover-up.
Setting the Record Straight on FISA Setting the Record Straight on FISA
Civil liberties and national security are not contradictory: they are inextricably linked.
Dec 7, 2007 / Rep. John Conyers
Justice on Steroids Justice on Steroids
Barry Bonds makes an enticing target. But the DOJ should also focus on steroid enablers, like a certain team owner who now lives in the White House.
Nov 21, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Underworlds Underworlds
Gangsters have guns and muscle, but a good writer always gets the last word.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Henry Farrell
Showdown at the DMV Showdown at the DMV
The debate in New York State over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.
Nov 21, 2007 / The Editors
Israel Turns its Back on Sudanese Refugees Israel Turns its Back on Sudanese Refugees
Abandoning Israel's longstanding commitment to those fleeing persecution, the Olmert government is deporting refugees back to Sudan, where they may face torture and death.
Nov 20, 2007 / Feature / Ben Lynfield
Justice Delayed Justice Delayed
The government's case against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh is closed. But did the US government learn anything about its wayward two-decade prosecution of Palestinian activi...
Nov 15, 2007 / David Cole
Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels
New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.
Nov 14, 2007 / Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Amy Traub
Judging Thomas Judging Thomas
A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Fukú Americanus Fukú Americanus
Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz