Torturers at Justice Torturers at Justice
Just weeks after the election, President Bush nominated White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to be the next Attorney General of the United States. Given his role in numerous Bus...
Dec 16, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Vote for Fahrenheit 9/11 Vote for Fahrenheit 9/11
Michael Moore's provocative, election-season documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has been nominated by the People's Choice Awards as the American public's "Favorite Film of the Year." The...
Dec 10, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Holding Torturers Accountable Holding Torturers Accountable
In a historic effort to hold US officials accountable for acts of torture, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and four Iraqi citizens recently filed a criminal complaint ...
Dec 8, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Help Save Social Security Help Save Social Security
Social Security is a very popular system. A pillar of the New Deal, it provides tens of millions of workers with a guaranteed retirement income as well as disability and life insu...
Dec 6, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Bush vs. the Planet Bush vs. the Planet
With the election won, the Bush Administration and its Congressional allies are moving rapidly ahead with plans to radically revamp the country's environmental laws with the gener...
Nov 29, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Teaching Torture–UPDATED Teaching Torture–UPDATED
See below for an update More than 10,000 activists from across the US--including actors Martin Sheen and Susan Sarandon and musicians Amy Ray and Utah Phillips--will gather at t...
Nov 19, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Thomas Jefferson on George Bush Thomas Jefferson on George Bush
"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true princ...
Nov 10, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Winter in America Winter in America
The sublime (and sublimely troubled) singer/songwriter Gil Scott-Heron wrote in 1981 at the dawn of the Reagan Revolution of waking up one day to find "Winter in America." This ...
Nov 3, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Decision Day Decision Day
With the networks, the cable news stations, radio outlets, newspapers and magazines and, of course, the internet, this election will be the most widely reported electoral contest ...
Nov 2, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Help Preserve the Right to Vote Help Preserve the Right to Vote
With the Presidential election less than a week away, it's clear that GOP operatives are attempting to disenfranchise voters through intimidation, suppression and bureaucratic ma...
Oct 29, 2004 / Peter Rothberg