An Open Letter to George Bush An Open Letter to George Bush
Last week in this space I asked where were the former US diplomats speaking out against George Bush's dangerous foreign-policy as fifty-two of their British counterparts did rec...
May 5, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop War Profiteering! Stop War Profiteering!
As readers of this space don't need to be told, Vice President Dick Cheney's former company Halliburton has been a prime beneficiary of the invasion of Iraq, raking in some $9 bi...
May 4, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Torture at Abu Ghraib Torture at Abu Ghraib
The shocking photos of US soldiers torturing Iraqis detainees shown last Wednesday on CBS's Sixty Minutes II provoked immediate international outrage. Now, veteran American inves...
May 3, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democracy is on the Ballot Democracy is on the Ballot
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush donned a flight suit and landed in a jet on the Abraham Lincoln's flight deck off the coast of San Diego. There, in front of sailors and camera cr...
Apr 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Quid Pro Quack Quid Pro Quack
Every judge knows that you don't vacation with friends and accept their generosity while their case is pending before you. But that's just what Justice Antonin Scalia did with Di...
Apr 29, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
An Open Letter to Tony Blair An Open Letter to Tony Blair
In an unprecedented open letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair published in both the Guardian and Independent newspapers on Tuesday, April 27, (and reprinted below), fifty...
Apr 29, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Record, No Accountability No Record, No Accountability
In another illustration of the current administration's commitment to keeping the American people in the loop, the White House demanded that there be no recording or formal transc...
Apr 29, 2004 / John Nichols
Join the Battle for the White House Join the Battle for the White House
You don't have to live in a battleground state to join the battle for the White House in November. With an election that is almost certain to be decided by a whisker in a handful...
Apr 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Death Squad Diplomat Death Squad Diplomat
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee started hearings today on John Negroponte's appointment to the Baghdad embassy, a post that he would assume on June 30, when sovereignty w...
Apr 27, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
DC Rally Draws Historic Crowd DC Rally Draws Historic Crowd
In one of the biggest demonstrations in US history, more than one million protesters crowded the National Mall this afternoon to show support for reproductive rights and oppositi...
Apr 26, 2004 / Peter Rothberg