Heck-of -a-Job Myers? Heck-of -a-Job Myers?
The ICE chief's comments about immigration and unions raise troubling questions. Congress should seek answers.
Jan 3, 2007 / Feature / Rick Perlstein
Questioning Capital Punishment Questioning Capital Punishment
As doubts grow about the humanity and constitutionality of lethal injection, California, Florida and Maryland have shut down executions. America's flight from the death penalty co...
Dec 31, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
The Consequences of Killing Saddam The Consequences of Killing Saddam
More violence, waning chances for reconciliation and a trove of secrets taken to the grave.
Dec 31, 2006 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Annan’s Principled Pragmatism Annan’s Principled Pragmatism
Although Kofi Annan's tenure was shadowed by political catfights, he leaves the United Nations as one of its most successful secretary generals.
Dec 28, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister
Facing a showdown court-martial for refusing to serve in an illegal and unjust war, Lieut. Ehren Watada has become a flashpoint for the antiwar movement.
Dec 28, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks
As Democrats clean up abuse of earmarks, they can't ignore the ones that masquerade as targeted tax breaks.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Chris Hayes
The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman
The fall and rise of Joe Lieberman was one of the major political events of 2006. But in 2007, Beltway and netroots pundits agree, he will be as irrelevant as George W. Bush.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
View From the Future View From the Future
The end of oil and the rise of warming seas reveal a world made small and a horde of fallen dinosaurs.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
People’s Revolt in Lebanon People’s Revolt in Lebanon
By empowering the dispossessed, Hezbollah has become a formidable force that is threatening the US-backed Lebanese government.
Dec 20, 2006 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
About Face About Face
In the most significant movement of dissident soldiers since Vietnam, nearly 1,000 active-duty officers and enlisted personnel have petitioned the government to withdraw from Iraq.
Dec 20, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper