Torture and the Content of our Character Torture and the Content of our Character
The standoff between the Senate and the Bush Administration over military tribunals, torture and war crimes tests core legal and moral issues and will determine the kind of country...
Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
What Can Sherrod Brown Do for the Democrats? What Can Sherrod Brown Do for the Democrats?
The road to the Democrats' renewal runs through Ohio, and Sherrod Brown is on it, looking for the towns his party forgot and the voters who got away.
Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / John Nichols
China’s Neoliberal Dynasty China’s Neoliberal Dynasty
As China's economy surges forward, so does the pileup of social contradictions: pollution, migration, crime and family dysfunction.
Sep 14, 2006 / Feature / Peter Kwong
Congo Journey Congo Journey
It was the strangest journey of my life, and it will always be. I was looking for fictional characters I had invented, in a country I had never visited.
Sep 14, 2006 / Feature / John le Carré
Bush’s Sitcom Nominee Bush’s Sitcom Nominee
Warren Bell honed his reputation writing sitcoms and lobbing politically incorrect bombs for National Review Online. Now he's Bush's nominee for the Corporation for Public Broadcas...
Sep 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Celia Viggo Wexler
ABC 9/11 Docudrama’s Right-Wing Roots ABC 9/11 Docudrama’s Right-Wing Roots
How conservative zealot David Horowitz produced and promoted ABC's flawed docudrama, The Path to 9/11.
Sep 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Max Blumenthal
Chaos and Fear Stalk Afghanistan on 9/11 Anniversary Chaos and Fear Stalk Afghanistan on 9/11 Anniversary
As Taliban fighters clash with thinly spread NATO forces across Afghanistan and "suicide cell" claims lives daily in Kabul, hope is fading that the country can avoid descending int...
Sep 11, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Gaping Holes Remain in the 9/11 Story Gaping Holes Remain in the 9/11 Story
It's no wonder so many Americans are examining alternative explanations that range from the plausible to the absurd.
Sep 11, 2006 / Feature / Robert Scheer
9/11 in a Movie-Made World 9/11 in a Movie-Made World
What if the Twin Towers hadn't collapsed? Would the Bush Administration have so easily advanced its fear-inspired "war on terror" without the images that played on a culture's secr...
Sep 10, 2006 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Cashing In on Catastrophe Cashing In on Catastrophe
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now using his public image, burnished by 9/11, to conceal crooked business deals and reap handsome profits from a national tragedy.
Sep 8, 2006 / Feature / Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins