Government

Can Justice Be Trusted? Can Justice Be Trusted?

The Justice Department meddled in a case against Jack Abramoff in Guam in 2002; last week, Bush nominated the current Abramoff prosecutor to the federal bench. Can the DOJ credibly...

Feb 2, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman

Abramoff’s Evangelical Soldiers Abramoff’s Evangelical Soldiers

Leaders of the Christian right are paying the price as evidence mounts of their complicity in a sordid GOP gambling-industry scheme.

Feb 2, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

Exile on K Street Exile on K Street

Scandals abound in the smoking remains of the Alexander Strategy Group.

Feb 2, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Empire vs. Republic Empire vs. Republic

Instead of Bush's imperial presidency, America needs the vision of Congressional progressives: rapid withdrawal from Iraq, universal healthcare, campaign reform and a shift to rene...

Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

On Roy Blunt’s Promise to Reform Lobbying Rules If He Becomes House Majority Leader On Roy Blunt’s Promise to Reform Lobbying Rules If He Becomes House Majority Leader

With plenty of friends on K Street, Roy Blunt is not as forthright as his name suggests.

Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Does the President Really Know Best? Does the President Really Know Best?

OK, everyone who has studied the unitary executive theory of the presidency, raise your hand. Anyone? A former prosecutor examines what's behind Bush's legal fig leaf.

Jan 20, 2006 / Feature / Elizabeth de la Vega

The Big Fix The Big Fix

Repair America's infrastructure, starting with New Orleans; resettle displaced people in the city, give them construction jobs and pay all a fair wage.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Dennis Kucinich

Realistic Immigration Realistic Immigration

Grant legal status to hard-working, tax-paying immigrants; give up the illusion that law enforcement alone will solve immigration problems.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Hilda Solis

Raising Up Youth Raising Up Youth

Insure funding for programs with proven success rehabilitating violent youths and avoid the failures of the prison system.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Diane Watson

Good Government Good Government

Elect a Democratic Congress in 2006; restore ethics to Congress; block the appointment of cronies to key posts; stop the politicization of science.

Jan 19, 2006 / Feature / Henry Waxman

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