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October 24, 2005 Issue

In a photo-essay, David Bacon explores the impact of guest-worker programs on indigenous peoples of Central America, Michael Klare warns of…

Cover art by: Cover art from "Line Up," an installation by Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

Ten Questions for Harriet Miers

Corporate power and money control our lives and our politics as never before. As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares for Harriet Miers's nomination hearings, here are ten lega...

Morton Mintz

Oil-for-Food: It Worked!

Conservatives have undermined the credibility of the United Nations by exposing corruption in its oil-for-food program. But the inquiry led by Paul Volcker didn't look at the misha...

Ian Williams

Blank Check for Bush?

Recent rulings upholding the right of the executive branch to jail and try terror suspects in military tribunals raise questions about whether the judiciary can keep presidential p...

David Cole

Pat Tillman, Our Hero

War hero and former NFL star Pat Tillman was not the GI Joe icon created by Pentagon spinmeisters. He was a fiercely independent thinker convinced that the war in Iraq was illegal....

Dave Zirin

Time to Fix the System

Tom DeLay's indictments open the door for Congress to overhaul current lobbying laws and fix the broken system of campaign finance, redistricting and electoral laws that foster mis...

The Editors

Crony Constitutionalism

Democrats have a chance to stand up for competence, civil liberties and the integrity of the Supreme Court by challenging Harriet Miers's lack of credentials and blocking Bush from...

The Editors

Perp Walk

Joe Wezorek

Column

With Friends Like This…

An endorsement from James Dobson is scary enough, but the vituperative attack on Harriet Miers by the right raises other questions about why some conservatives are agitated about h...

Robert Scheer

The First Time Was Tragedy…

As the Bush Administration's incompetence turns Iraq into a terrorist training camp, Americans should look to FDR, who waged war for unavoidable threats, not ideology, while still ...

Eric Alterman

The Little Black Book of Virtues

The Wicked Witch stomps in his defense and the wise old tortoise explains his reasoning. But Mother Courage knows the truth behind William Bennett's racist comments.

Patricia J. Williams

I Think I Heard a Liberal Say

Calvin Trillin

Letters

MS. OLDS REGRETS

Our Readers and Matt Bors

Feature

What Iraqis Really Think About the Occupation

From the beginning, the Iraq War has been driven by perceptions. Why do mainstream media continue to avoid reporting that a majority of Iraqis want US occupation forces to leave?

Tom Hayden

Melting Away

Geophysicists are debating whether recent catastrophic storms signal an abrupt climate change that will trigger seasons of permanent icelessness in the Atlantic and return the eart...

Mike Davis

The Killing of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

When the FBI hunted down and killed one of its most wanted fugitives in September, outrage over the botched operation may have energized the Puerto Rican independence movement.

Félix Jiménez

Revving Up the China Threat

The Bush Administration's stance on China has gone from worry about their economic strength and oil consumption to full-on preparation for a new cold war.

Michael T. Klare

Building a New Table

People of the Gulf Coast should build community networks to ensure they have a voice in rebuilding discussions usually limited to real-estate developers and government officials.

David Dyssegaard Kallick

A Real Contract With America

The Gulf Coast hurricanes could dislodge decades-long conservative domination of US politics, but only if Democrats offer an alternative vision of government and society to voters.

Robert L. Borosage

Communities Without Borders

Guest worker programs are a threat to the communities Central American migrants forge as they sweep across the US. These programs undermine the economic rights of immigrants and na...

David Bacon

Pop Goes the Real Estate Bubble

Stocks crash and housing prices tend to go down with a whisper. But a disturbing number of signs now point to a sudden burst of the real estate bubble.

Nicholas von Hoffman