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Beyond Thoughts and Prayers Beyond Thoughts and Prayers

On this afternoon of national sorrow, President Bush offered his prayers to those who are suffering as a result of today's enormous tragedy at Virginia Tech, as well as his suppor...

Apr 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hold Gonzales Accountable, Then Bush Hold Gonzales Accountable, Then Bush

As Attorney General Alberto Gonzales prepares to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, the official question is: Will the former White House counsel be able to ta...

Apr 16, 2007 / John Nichols

DC Voting Rights (continued) DC Voting Rights (continued)

Monday is Emancipation Day in the District – commemorating April 16, 1862 – when 3,100 people were freed in the city, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation. This...

Apr 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Conyers, Sanchez Seek Rove’s RNC Emails Conyers, Sanchez Seek Rove’s RNC Emails

The burgeoning congressional focus on the supposedly "missing" emails of White House political czar Karl Rove and almost two dozen other presidential aides who were doing politica...

Apr 13, 2007 / John Nichols

The Green Festival The Green Festival

Step It Up! takes place tomorrow, Saturday. Check out an event near you. For the first time, the largest and most authentic sustainability event in the world is coming to Chic...

Apr 12, 2007 / Peter Rothberg

White House “Lost” Political E-mails About US Attorneys White House “Lost” Political E-mails About US Attorneys

The US Attorneys scandal seems to be turning an important new page every day. And today it turned what can best be referred to as the "Rose Mary Woods" page. Rose Mary Woods was ...

Apr 12, 2007 / John Nichols

The People Know Better The People Know Better

Once again the people are way ahead of the pundits and the political parties – this time, on matters of foreign policy and national security. The latest results from the Confid...

Apr 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Senators Expand Inquiry of Political Prosecutions Senators Expand Inquiry of Political Prosecutions

The question of whether any of the 85 U.S. Attorneys who were not fired by the Bush administration may have engaged in political prosecutions blew open Tuesday, when key members o...

Apr 11, 2007 / John Nichols

What’s Right with Maryland What’s Right with Maryland

Justice Louis Brandeis once said, "It is one of the happy accidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory, and t...

Apr 10, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Which US Attorneys Did Rove’s Bidding? Which US Attorneys Did Rove’s Bidding?

The real story of the U.S. Attorneys scandal that has so endangered the tenure of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is not that of the eight fired prosecutors. It is that of the 8...

Apr 10, 2007 / John Nichols

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