Ethics-Go-Round Ethics-Go-Round
The House Ethics Committee has been defunct for a year: If now is not the time for both parties to get serious on Congressional ethics, when will it be?
Jan 19, 2006 / Ari Berman
Rocking the House Rocking the House
The time is ripe for progressives to revitalize the state of our union: Americans are ready to undo the damage of the Bush era and turn to a just and peaceful future.
Jan 19, 2006 / The Editors
Toward a Sensible Immigration Policy Toward a Sensible Immigration Policy
For those concerned about human rights, it's easy to see why undocumented immigrants in the United States need legal protection. But it's still a challenge to make the case for im...
Jan 18, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan
It's appalingly clear Team Bush is unwilling to do the hard work it takes to make Afghanistan the functioning nation it was before cold war games tore it apart.
Jan 18, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bachelet’s Big Win Bachelet’s Big Win
Michelle Bachelet's election as Chile's first female president represents many things for her fellow citizens: the certainty of political continuity, the possibility of change and ...
Jan 18, 2006 / Feature / Laila Weir
Monetary Zombies Monetary Zombies
We're on our way to being a society of economic zombies, half dead and half alive, buried in debt but prevented by credit card companies from declaring bankruptcy.
Jan 17, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Gore’s Challenge to Congress and the Media Gore’s Challenge to Congress and the Media
Al Gore did not use the "I" word. But the former vice president did use his Martin Luther King Day speech in Washington to declare that: "A president who breaks the law is a threa...
Jan 17, 2006 / John Nichols
Can Karen Hughes Spin the CIA Attack in Pakistan? Can Karen Hughes Spin the CIA Attack in Pakistan?
Imagine this: a drone launched from a ship off the Eastern coast of the United States fires a missile that destroys a neighborhood of Stamford, Connecticut....
Jan 17, 2006 / David Corn
Sammy, We Hardly Knew Ya Sammy, We Hardly Knew Ya
For a man reported to have such a sharp legal mind, Judge Samuel Alito was certainly comfortable with his own ignorance, saying, "I don't know" 29 times during the hearings. Desp...
Jan 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel