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On June 16, the House Appropriations Committee voted to slash funding for public broadcasting by more than $200 million for 2006. The cut--which, if implemented, would affect eve...
Jun 22, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Mark Felt’s Other Legacy Mark Felt’s Other Legacy
Mark Felt is one of only two people who has been prosecuted for COINTELPRO crimes.
Jun 22, 2005 / Feature / Dan Berger
Taking Heat for Sweatshops Taking Heat for Sweatshops
Despite its efforts to silence whistleblowers, Wal-Mart remains under fire for abusing its workers.
Jun 21, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Recruiters Sink to New Lows Recruiters Sink to New Lows
During the Vietnam War, protesters burned draft cards, rallied on campuses and marched on Robert McNamara's Pentagon. Today, with the war in Iraq raging on and on, parents, teache...
Jun 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sam Brownback’s Blind Ambition Tour Sam Brownback’s Blind Ambition Tour
The Kansas senator has been grandstanding for the right for years, and now he has his sights set on the White House.
Jun 20, 2005 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Free Aung San Suu Kyi Free Aung San Suu Kyi
In 1990, Aung San Suu Kyi was legally elected the leader of Myanmar, then named Burma. But she has spent most of the time since 1989 under some form of detention, including house ...
Jun 19, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Conyers vs. The Post Conyers vs. The Post
There is painful irony in the fact that, during the same month that the confirmation of "Deep Throat's" identity has allowed the Washington Post to relive its Watergate-era glory ...
Jun 19, 2005 / John Nichols
The Beginning of the End? The Beginning of the End?
"We see this as the beginning of the end," said Tom Andrews, a former Democratic representative from Maine who is executive director of the antiwar group Win Without War. "It's th...
Jun 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Blogging Iran Blogging Iran
Today, voters in Iran cast ballots for a new President--choosing from a field of eight candidates that includes hardline clerics and reformers. The campaign has underscored how dr...
Jun 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Latest Downing Street Memos The Latest Downing Street Memos
New "Downing Street" memos keep popping up. In recent days, several confidential memos written by senior officials in Tony Blair's government in March 2002 ...
Jun 16, 2005 / David Corn