Virg. Tech: Only Connect Virg. Tech: Only Connect
The Virginia Tech shootings should prompt us to rethink our approach toward guns, the media and mental health.
Apr 26, 2007 / Bruce Shapiro
A Cruel and Unusual Punishment A Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Billy Sothern, member of the legal team that represented Patrick Kennedy, convicted of child rape, in a landmark Supreme Court death penalty decision this week, explained the iss...
Apr 25, 2007 / Feature / Billy Sothern
The Iraqi Refugee Crisis The Iraqi Refugee Crisis
The war in Iraq has caused one of the most severe refugee crises in history, and no one seems to be paying attention.
Apr 23, 2007 / Feature / Dahr Jamail
The Fight of Our Lives The Fight of Our Lives
Passing progressive immigration legislation this year is a moral imperative. History is in our hands.
Apr 19, 2007 / Deepak Bhargava and Angelica Salas
Story Lines at Virginia Tech Story Lines at Virginia Tech
The desire to impose a narrative on chaotic events leaves the meaning of the Virginia Tech shootings up for grabs.
Apr 19, 2007 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Curbing Abortion Rights Curbing Abortion Rights
Newcomer Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito showed their true stripes by supporting a landmark late-term abortion ban.
Apr 18, 2007 / Feature / Karen Houppert
Gitmo Justice Gitmo Justice
David Hicks pleads guilty and goes free, while the Supreme Court denies nearly 400 other terror suspects their day in court. This is justice?
Leave Your Morals at the Border Leave Your Morals at the Border
A Supreme Court ruling turns a blind eye to torture and human rights violations, as long as they're done offshore.
Apr 4, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Attorneygate in Guam Attorneygate in Guam
Before there was Attorneygate, there was the 2002 firing of a US Attorney in Guam engaged in a prosecution of Jack Abramoff. Anyone see a pattern here?
Apr 2, 2007 / Ari Berman
A Wider Corruption A Wider Corruption
The US Attorneys scandal sheds light on a broader pattern of transforming government agencies into a permanent GOP patronage machine.
Apr 2, 2007 / The Editors