Shut It Down Shut It Down
This morning hundreds of human rights advocates nationwide began a three day fast to bring attention to the victims of the violence of the School of the Americas and to put pressu...
Apr 25, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Rush’s “Magic Negro” Routine Rush’s “Magic Negro” Routine
Rush Limbaugh has obviously learned nothing from the outrage and anger unleashed by Don Imus' unfortunate "nappy headed ho's" remark. Never one to shy away from unfunny "humor", L...
Apr 25, 2007 / The Nation
Talking with Democracy Now Talking with Democracy Now
Here are links to a transcript of my conversation with Amy Goodman on the April 24 edition of Democracy Now. We discussed the legacy of Boris Yeltsin, the tragic death of David Ha...
Apr 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush Blames the Troops Bush Blames the Troops
Bush is hiding behind the fiction that officers in the field are calling the shots.
Apr 25, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Mustansiriya U. and Virginia Tech Mustansiriya U. and Virginia Tech
Last January 16th, a car bomb blew up near an entrance to Mustansiriya University in Baghdad -- and then, as rescuers approached, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd. I...
Apr 25, 2007 / The Nation
Kucinich: Impeachment is the Right Response Kucinich: Impeachment is the Right Response
Congressman Dennis Kucinich has now filed his three articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney, and the Ohio Democrat is clearly serious about the holding the vice president to a...
Apr 25, 2007 / The Nation
Bill Moyers and the Fight for American Journalism Bill Moyers and the Fight for American Journalism
Bill Moyers is not the first American to ask with regard to the media coverage of the run-up to the invasion of Iraq: "How did the mainstream press get it so wrong?" The man who ...
Apr 25, 2007 / John Nichols
Murder in Monterrey Murder in Monterrey
A labor organizer was beaten to death after exposing exploitative labor practices in the United States and Mexico.
Apr 25, 2007 / Feature / Felicia Mello
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
Equal Pay and Freda K. Equal Pay and Freda K.
Today is Equal Pay Day, and on Capitol Hill the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is testifying about its groundbreaking research on the pay gap between men and wome...
Apr 24, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel