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Hedging Bets Hedging Bets

Why would anyone trust a hedge fund?

Jun 14, 2007 / Jordan Stancil

Curing the Rot at Justice Curing the Rot at Justice

Congress has thus far failed to hold Alberto Gonzales accountable for politicizing the Justice Department. Polite words must now give way to bold actions.

Jun 14, 2007 / John Nichols

US Justice, Euro Prisons US Justice, Euro Prisons

The Council of Europe and courts at home are calling the Bush Administration to account for secret torture outposts in Poland and Romania.

Jun 14, 2007 / The Editors

Sick Children, Working Moms Sick Children, Working Moms

Guilt-ridden mothers send ailing kids to school or daycare for fear of losing their jobs. Isn't it time for paid family leave?

Jun 13, 2007 / Ellen Bravo

What America Owes its ‘Illegals’ What America Owes its ‘Illegals’

The punitive rage directed at illegal immigrants grows out of a larger blindness to the manual labor that makes our lives possible.

Jun 12, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

Politics Watchdog Follows the Money Online Politics Watchdog Follows the Money Online

MAPlight.org, a Berkeley-based online watchdog, is breaking ground by using technology to track how political contributions shape legislation.

Jun 11, 2007 / Feature / Joan Hamilton

In Praise of Immigrant Students In Praise of Immigrant Students

The educational odysseys of Hunter College's foreign-born graduates disprove the lies spread by anti-immigrant politicians.

Jun 11, 2007 / Feature / Ellen Chesler

A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties

Beyond its power to jail terror detainees, the Military Commissions Act is the spearhead of a more sustained and long-term incursion on all our civil liberties. It must be rolled b...

Jun 8, 2007 / Feature / Aziz Huq

Coming to America Coming to America

The US guest-worker program has locked thousands in a modern-day form of indentured servitude.

Jun 7, 2007 / Feature / Felicia Mello

The New Atheists The New Atheists

An increasingly outspoken community of atheists and agnostics is getting fed up with being marginalized, ignored and insulted.

Jun 7, 2007 / Feature / Ronald Aronson

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