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Mexico’s Fractured Electoral Landscape Mexico’s Fractured Electoral Landscape

The disputed presidential election has fractured Mexico's political landscape, pitting leftists against conservatives and the affluent against an indignant Indian and mestizo under...

Jul 10, 2006 / Feature / John Ross

Watada, the War and the Law Watada, the War and the Law

Bolstered by a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush Administration's excessive exercise of power, Lieut. Ehren Watada's pending court-martial could help restore the rule of l...

Jul 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Israel on the Offensive Israel on the Offensive

Israel's attacks on Gaza--and now Lebanon-- to intimidate a civilian population for political ends is the very definition of state terrorism.

Jul 6, 2006 / Feature / Marwan Bishara

Standing Against an Unjust War Standing Against an Unjust War

A Quaker activist explains why the war in Iraq is not only illegal, but morally indefensible.

Jul 5, 2006 / Feature / Joe Parko

New Jersey Showdown New Jersey Showdown

As New Jersey government plunges into fiscal and constitutional crisis over a proposed sales tax, lawmakers must stop playing politics with the public good and get serious about p...

Jul 5, 2006 / Feature / Gov. Jon Corzine

Disputed Election Raises Tensions in Mexico Disputed Election Raises Tensions in Mexico

Memories of a stolen 1988 election cloud the political landscape, as voters await results of the disputed presidential election.

Jul 5, 2006 / Feature / John Ross

Shifting Winds on Iraq Shifting Winds on Iraq

Peace sentiments are rising among the American public and even in the much-divided Democrats. What does this mean for electoral politics and for the course of a war that seems to h...

Jul 2, 2006 / Feature / Tom Hayden

For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes

For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes

By blindly accepting Bush's expansion of state secrets claims, the courts are allowing the executive branch to operate above the law, putting the core principles of our democracy a...

Jul 2, 2006 / Feature / Michael Ratner

How to Create a Liberal Bestseller How to Create a Liberal Bestseller

Progressives can take a lesson from the success of "How Would a Patriot Act?" Mobilize the liberal blogosphere and take an obscure book for a ride on the bestseller list.

Jun 29, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Nix

A Killing Machine Turns 30 A Killing Machine Turns 30

This summer marks a grim anniversary of a Supreme Court decision to affirm the death penalty and create a bureaucratic killing machine that puts American justice at odds with the C...

Jun 28, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

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