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Energy Independence Day Energy Independence Day

George Bush won't ask Congress for permission for torture or domestic spying. But when it comes to energy policy – he is very, very concerned about the limits of his presidenti...

May 2, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

LA’s Two May Day Marches LA’s Two May Day Marches

On May Day, hundreds of thousands of people demanding rights for undocumented immigrants marched down Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

May 1, 2006 / Jon Wiener

The Pain Game The Pain Game

Apparently when Republicans were urging Americans to get tough on crime they were doing it to protect us from themselves. Just last week, Karl Rove went back to testify to the gra...

May 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Crisis of the Republic Time Crisis of the Republic Time

If you had any doubt that this is a time of constitutional crisis, read the important, frightening (and under-covered) story in Sunday's Boston Globe. It documents an accumulating...

May 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

“Galbraith for President” “Galbraith for President”

Had it not been for the accident of his birth in Iona Station, Ontario, John Kenneth Galbraith, the greatest public intellectual of the second half of the American century, would ...

Apr 30, 2006 / John Nichols

Sweet Victory: Arkansas Gets a Raise, Who’s Next? Sweet Victory: Arkansas Gets a Raise, Who’s Next?

Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The evidence is mounting: there is perhaps no issue that transcends ideology like increasing the minimum wage. 86 percent of America supports boo...

Apr 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

March for Peace, Justice and Democracy March for Peace, Justice and Democracy

If you took part in Saturday's antiwar protests, click here to download a free poster/flyer, created for the occasion by the Public Works Project. It's distinguished, in large par...

Apr 28, 2006 / Peter Rothberg

Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers

In the Washington Post last week, Griff Witte reported that American businessman Philip Bloom--whose companies were awarded $8.6 million in Iraq reconstruction contracts--pleaded ...

Apr 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Frank Church and the Abyss of Warrantless Wiretapping Frank Church and the Abyss of Warrantless Wiretapping

Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1976, the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, delivered its final report...

Apr 26, 2006 / John Nichols

White House Shuffle White House Shuffle

After a week spent manhandling the Chinese President and kicking ScottMcClellan to the curb, The Decider finally got around to downsizing his brain. Karl Rove is giving up his pol...

Apr 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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