Polygamists’ Kids in Their Own Private Gitmo Polygamists’ Kids in Their Own Private Gitmo
A mass detention. Vague legal charges. Emotional abuse. Hostile overseers. This isn't Guantánamo--it's Texas. And the victims are children the state wants to protect.
May 28, 2008 / Feature / Richard Wexler
‘Like He Died Twice’: Mary Tillman’s Lonely Quest ‘Like He Died Twice’: Mary Tillman’s Lonely Quest
The mother of Pat Tillman--football star, Army ranger and casualty of war--reflects on how the Pentagon has distorted the truth and the NFL has exploited the tragedy.
May 28, 2008 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Got Milk? Get Investigated Got Milk? Get Investigated
State and federal authorities are relying on undercover agents to entrap dairy farmers.
May 27, 2008 / Feature / David E. Gumpert
Tiny Soap Bubbles Tiny Soap Bubbles
This Week: Kang and Valdez explore each other's bodies and minds, and somebody gets a gun slapped upside their head.
May 26, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Mixed Blessing Mixed Blessing
Obama calls for direct dialogue and new trade deals with Latin America, but continued counterinsurgency in Columbia, tensions with Venezuela.
May 25, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
War of Words War of Words
An argument over how US officials should speak about terrorism bodes ill for this political season.
Torturing Iron Man Torturing Iron Man
The Pentagon does a star turn in Iron Man, and the summer blockbuster turns the realities of the war in Afganistan upside down. Will anyone notice?
May 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville
In this 2008 interview, neither time nor age had blunted Berrigan’s fierce critique of American empire and his radical interpretation of the Gospels.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hedges
Bush’s Islamist Enemies List Bush’s Islamist Enemies List
By conflating Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, the President displays his ignorance--and could be laying the groundwork for attacks by Israel on Hamas and Hezbollah.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi