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Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits

Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the bur...

Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman

Germ Boys and Yes Men Germ Boys and Yes Men

Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?

Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

The GOP Takes a Beating The GOP Takes a Beating

As Democrats gloat over two gubernatorial wins and the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold's intiatives, the GOP approaches off-year elections weighed down by Bush's baggage.

Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Eric Alterman

This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed

Democrats celebrate electoral victories in Virginia, New Jersey and California, they shouldn't waste time gloating. They need to find effective candidates like Tim Kaine and Jon Co...

Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / David Corn

Five Questions for Robert Greenwald Five Questions for Robert Greenwald

What motivated director Robert Greenwald to spend a year on a documentary detailing Wal-Mart's impact on American life, culture and commerce?

Nov 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Sam Graham-Felsen

Six Days in Paris Six Days in Paris

As hundreds of riots rock the cities and towns of France, the government imposed a curfew Tuesday and the French tried to make sense of the random attacks and acts of arson eruptin...

Nov 8, 2005 / Feature / Harry Braverman

The Soccer Star and the President The Soccer Star and the President

Who is Diego Maradona, and how did a former Argentinian soccer star become the nemesis of an American President?

Nov 8, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin

Gas Price Gouging or Business as Usual? Gas Price Gouging or Business as Usual?

As the Senate opens hearings this week calling energy execs to account for their windfall profits on gasoline and natural gas, the question must be asked: Is this price gouging or ...

Nov 7, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona led thousands in a massive rebuke of George W. Bush, his trade policies and his neoconservative age...

Nov 5, 2005 / Feature / Jordana Timerman

The Virginia GOP’s Dirty Money The Virginia GOP’s Dirty Money

Republican candidates in Virginia do a lot of posturing on being tough on crime--but behind their self-righteous political ads, there is a hidden history of racism, questionable fu...

Nov 4, 2005 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

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