Liberalizing the Law Liberalizing the Law
With the Bush Administration continuing to fill the federal courts with right-wing judges, liberals have turned with renewed vigor to a strategy that not only allows them to de...
May 29, 2003 / Alexander Wohl
Paying for Apartheid Paying for Apartheid
Two major lawsuits--filed in the United States against multinational corporations including GM, IBM and Citigroup for aiding and abetting apartheid--are at a critical juncture.
May 15, 2003 / John S. Friedman
Samaritans in the Desert Samaritans in the Desert
Defying US policy, they save the lives of illegal migrants, a cup of water at a time.
The Trials of Ed Rosenthal The Trials of Ed Rosenthal
Come June 4, Ed Rosenthal will be back in US District Court in San Francisco, to hear what sentence Judge Charles Breyer has decided to impose.
May 8, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
On the Revelation of William Bennett’s Gambling Habit On the Revelation of William Bennett’s Gambling Habit
Bill Bennett told a grateful nation, "Be moral. Just resist temptation." By windbag airing of this thesis, Bill Bennett got as rich as Croesus.
May 8, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Public Is the Enemy The Public Is the Enemy
On March 22, a few hundred peaceful antiwar protesters in Seattle who had gathered around the Federal Building suddenly found themselves being swept down streets by officers in...
Apr 24, 2003 / Silja J.A. Talvi
Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant
Emboldened by the "success" of its preventive war in Iraq, the Bush Administration appears to be expanding its preventive law-enforcement strategy at home.
Apr 24, 2003 / David Cole
The Tragedy of William O. Douglas The Tragedy of William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a judicial record-setter.
Mar 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / David J. Garrow
In Torture We Trust? In Torture We Trust?
In these jittery times, many Americans see torture as justified.
Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / Eyal Press
Guns in the Courtroom Guns in the Courtroom
In the late summer and fall of 1997, small news leaks began appearing that Mayor Edward Rendell of Philadelphia (who is now governor of Pennsylvania) was thinking about suing t...
Mar 13, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Carl T. Bogus