The Draconian Becomes the Norm The Draconian Becomes the Norm
Sometime during the demonstrations against the Republican National Convention, which renominated George W. Bush in August 2004, I went on a media protest march down the Valley of t...
Oct 1, 2007 / TomDispatch
John Dean: From Nixon to Bush to Giuliani John Dean: From Nixon to Bush to Giuliani
John Dean knows something about White House abuse of power. He wrote a bestseller in 2004 on the Bush White House called "Worse Than Watergate." In a recent interview I a...
Sep 28, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Next on Jena at the New York Times? Next on Jena at the New York Times?
In response to those who've written to ask whether I read Louisiana District Attorney, Reed Walters' op-ed in the New York Times. Yes I did! And I asked Alan Bean about it today o...
Sep 27, 2007 / Laura Flanders
Giving Back Clinton-Style Giving Back Clinton-Style
Presidents, prime ministers, CEOs and religious leaders packed the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on Thursday, Bill Clinton's third annual gathering to solve the "world's mos...
Sep 27, 2007 / Ari Melber
More Skinny on Fat Cells More Skinny on Fat Cells
Here are two more interesting articles on the bane of our collective existence: body weight. First up is this New York magazine article, titled "The Scientist and the Stairmas...
Sep 26, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Strike Over Strike Over
The UAW's national strike against General Motors came to a quick end at 4 a.m. today, with the announcement that a tentative agreement had been reached. Though most details of the ...
Sep 26, 2007 / Max Fraser
Heritage Goes Hollywood Heritage Goes Hollywood
On Wednesday the conservative Heritage Foundation took a short break from opposing the state children's health insurance program to ponder the tired conservative complaint that li...
Sep 25, 2007 / The Nation
Soldiers Who Steal Soldiers Who Steal
When it comes to this whole scandal regarding graft in US military contracts, I like to muse over the strange mea culpa put forward by military brass who admitted to The New York T...
Sep 25, 2007 / Karen Houppert
Is Jena America? Is Jena America?
"Jena is America," says Alan Bean, speaking of the Louisiana town where six black students are looking at decades in jail for a schoolyard brawl while white kids are faci...
Sep 25, 2007 / Laura Flanders
Senate Neocons Provoke Iran Senate Neocons Provoke Iran
Listen up. Can you hear the drums beating for a third war? The neocons are in a bubbling rage over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia University. The pro-su...
Sep 25, 2007 / Ari Berman