Fighting for Oil–Still Fighting for Oil–Still
Although media attention has been focused on civil violence in the Baghdad area, Iraq's vast and vulnerable network of oil pipelines and pumping stations has become a major battl...
Apr 1, 2004 / Michael T. Klare
A Union of Unions A Union of Unions
There are bigger American unions, but none that are feistier organizers than HERE (hotel and restaurant workers) and UNITE (historically garment and textile workers).
Apr 1, 2004 / David Moberg
Scalia’s Flawed Judgment Scalia’s Flawed Judgment
After weeks of critical editorials, embarrassing cartoons and late-night talk-show jokes, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia issued a twenty-one-page memorandum on March 18 to ...
Apr 1, 2004 / Stephen Gillers
Haiti’s Occupation Haiti’s Occupation
The Haitian people have once again been excluded from their own governance.
Apr 1, 2004 / Amy Wilentz
Bush’s ‘Rat List’ Bush’s ‘Rat List’
Nixon kept his famous "enemies list." Now George W.
Apr 1, 2004 / The Editors
The Burden of Conscience The Burden of Conscience
Since the US invaded Iraq last year, hundreds of American soldiers have broken the law and abandoned their units on the battlefield. And, as Dan Frosch writes in Alternet, the G...
Mar 31, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Frists of Fury Frists of Fury
Poor Bill Frist, he can't be proud of what he has become. He ran for the Senate with a simple mission: prevent health care reforms that might pose a threat to his family's $800-mi...
Mar 31, 2004 / John Nichols
Sean Hannity’s Sense of Humor Sean Hannity’s Sense of Humor
As the editor of a magazine with one of America's greatest humorists-- Calvin Trillin--I love a good joke. But there's a time and a place for humor. President Bush's joke about ...
Mar 31, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel