Standing Against Genocide Standing Against Genocide
On May 18th, the Illinois State Assembly passed a bill to prevent the State Treasurer from investing in companies doing business in Sudan. This requires the selling off of about ...
May 25, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Bad Deal on Judges Bad Deal on Judges
As the showdown on the so-called "nuclear option" approached, polls showed that the American people opposed scheming on the part of Senate GOP leaders to eliminate judicial filibu...
May 24, 2005 / John Nichols
Sweeping Up the Aliens Sweeping Up the Aliens
A trial that will begin on March 8 in Tucson, Ariz. may have far-reaching political and legal consequences throughout the United States.
A Hypocritical Church’s Sex Lessons A Hypocritical Church’s Sex Lessons
The pope has minimized priests' crimes while wagging a finger at gays.
May 24, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The No-Nuke Deal The No-Nuke Deal
The Senate will not be nuked. As the doomsday clock ticked down, seven so-called moderates from each party concocted a deal that was more of a win for the R...
May 24, 2005 / David Corn
Twelve Die on the US Border Twelve Die on the US Border
A dozen deaths in three days marks the onset of the season of death along the US-Mexican border.
May 24, 2005 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Cowboy Cheers Cowboy Cheers
Flouting the fact that Pat Robertson thinks the "activist" (Republican-sponsored and approved) judiciary is the worst threat America faces, the moralistic majority in the Texas le...
May 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Good Cop, Bad Cop Good Cop, Bad Cop
In 1992, Tony Perkins violated his oath to uphold the law. Now he lectures Democrats on the constitution.
May 23, 2005 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Wal-Mart Avarice Wal-Mart Avarice
Kudos to veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer for lambasting the New York Times for its "paean" to Wal-Mart heir Alice Walton, and taking aim at Wal-Mart's "systematic ob...
May 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fight for the Filibuster Fight for the Filibuster
A vote to end debate on the nomination of extreme conservative Priscilla Owen to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled for Tuesday, May 24--the first strike in the so-c...
May 23, 2005 / Peter Rothberg