You’ve Got Jail You’ve Got Jail
Obsessed voyeurs in the Bush Administration are poking their noses into everyone's business, with the help of Internet giants like Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo.
Jan 25, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
When Will US Women Demand Peace? When Will US Women Demand Peace?
Polls show large numbers of American women have grave doubts about the Iraq War: But where are they? A new campaign aims to mobilize American women for global protests March 8.
Jan 24, 2006 / Medea Benjamin
Feingold: Alito Would Be “Dangerous Addition” to Court Feingold: Alito Would Be “Dangerous Addition” to Court
Not to be lost in the reporting on Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee vote to endorse the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to serve on the Supreme Court is the fact that U.S. Se...
Jan 24, 2006 / John Nichols
Saving Our Democracy Saving Our Democracy
On a glorious Saturday in New York, a spirited crowd of close to eight hundred people gathered inside the cavernous, subterranean Great Hall at New York's Cooper Union to hear Rep...
Jan 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pro-Life Field Trip Pro-Life Field Trip
There is currently a huge overturn-Roe v. Wade march outside my office on Capitol Hill, culminating at the Supreme Court. What's shocking is not the to-be-expected thousands of dem...
Jan 23, 2006 / Ari Berman
Eating Ourselves to Death Eating Ourselves to Death
The toxic food industry is fueling a preventable epidemic of diabetes. Most vulnerable are poor children, barraged with ads urging them to eat the sugar and grease-laden food that ...
Jan 23, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Mel Gibson’s Newest: Apocalypto Mel Gibson’s Newest: Apocalypto
I saw a preview yesterday for Mel Gibson's soon-to-be-summer-blockbuster "Apocalypto." It tells the story of the end of the Mayan civilization with the fit-for-contempora...
Jan 23, 2006 / Christine Owens
”What the President Ordered in This Case Was a Crime” ”What the President Ordered in This Case Was a Crime”
While Judge Sam Alito's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee has confirmed that he is not one of their number, a dwindling cadre of public servants still take seriousl...
Jan 23, 2006 / John Nichols
Dems Divided Over Who Will Challenge Arnold Dems Divided Over Who Will Challenge Arnold
Four months out from the gubernatorial primary, California Democrats remain divided over who will be anointed to challenge Arnold Scwarzenegger's re-election. It's the State Treasu...
Jan 23, 2006 / Marc Cooper
Talking to the Brooklyn Rail Talking to the Brooklyn Rail
I recently sat for an interview with Ted Hamm, the founder and editor of the Brooklyn Rail, a non-profit journal featuring "critical perspectives on arts, politics and culture." C...
Jan 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel