Blackwater Down Blackwater Down
With military and law enforcement forces combing New Orleans in the wake of the storm, why did the federal government feel compelled to hire private security firms Blackwater USA a...
Sep 21, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Levee Town Levee Town
There are decades of memos from engineers and contractors setting forth budgets to build up the Gulf Coast's levees, but Bush wouldn't let them be.
Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
William Rehnquist William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist showed little regard for the social consequences that followed his unrelenting application of conservative legal theory.
Sep 8, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
In Rehnquist’s Footsteps In Rehnquist’s Footsteps
The death of William Rehnquist, the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to replace him and the agony of New Orleans represent a sad symmetry of events.
Sep 6, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
Living Like a Refugee Living Like a Refugee
Not since the days of the Dust Bowl has America seen such a massive migration of refugees. Who becomes one of this tribe is a matter of race and class.
Sep 3, 2005 / Feature / Michael Tisserand
Theocracy Lite Theocracy Lite
How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?
Sep 1, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
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 / 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 / The Editors
Roberts and Roe Roberts and Roe
Whether or not Roberts would overturn Roe, his judicial conservatism provides ample cause for concern.
Aug 11, 2005 / Kate Michelman
Press Watch Press Watch
The public broadcasting system remains an easy target for Republican deception, demagogy and mischief.
Jul 28, 2005 / Scott Sherman