Law

Surveillance for Sale? Surveillance for Sale?

It's outrageous enough that the NSA is secretly monitoring Americans' calling patterns. But has anyone considered what would happen if unscrupulous monitors sold that information t...

May 22, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

What Bush Got Right What Bush Got Right

Bush has taken a sensible stance on immigration, but his plummeting credibility will prevent people from embracing his proposals.

May 17, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Yumi, Yumi, Yumi Yumi, Yumi, Yumi

Why is it that We the People are so obsessed with whether singing our national anthem in Spanish is an affront to our union?

May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams

The Moussaoui Paradox The Moussaoui Paradox

Justice triumphed over blood vengeance Wednesday as jurors declined to sentence a marginal 9/11 conspirator to death, while one of the real culprits languishes in a secret prison, ...

May 4, 2006 / Bruce Shapiro

May Day, May Day May Day, May Day

Despite the loud and determined voice of immigrant communities for fair and just immigration reform, we have yet to see an acceptable proposal from Congress.

May 3, 2006 / Saurav Sarkar

My Mother, the Illegal Alien My Mother, the Illegal Alien

As the May Day protests, they evoked memories of an earlier generation of immigrants who lived with the fear of deportation.

May 3, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Media Is the Mensaje The Media Is the Mensaje

Outspoken DJs on Spanish-speaking radio are giving immigrant activists a loud, clear voice.

Apr 27, 2006 / Ed Morales

Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater

Lawsuits by families of soldiers-for-hire killed in Falluja have put a major war profiteer in the cross-hairs.

Apr 19, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

John Yoo’s Tortured Logic John Yoo’s Tortured Logic

The Berkeley law professor's carte blanche constitutionalism was a gift to the Bush Administration, offering legalistic justifications for lawless behavior.

Apr 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

Immigrants and Us Immigrants and Us

Progressives should join forces with immigrant advocates to create a broad social movement placing the rights of immigrants at the heart of a struggle for economic justice.

Apr 11, 2006 / The Editors

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