Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
The Supreme Court of the United States has had two historic encounters with George W. Bush.
Jul 15, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
Even a Tyrant Is Entitled to Due Process Even a Tyrant Is Entitled to Due Process
Hussein's trial is shaping up as just US theatrics.
Jul 6, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
On (Gay) Marriage, Divorce and Statistics On (Gay) Marriage, Divorce and Statistics
One of the things that drive me nuts is that people always say that one in two American marriages ends in divorce. This isn't exactly true.
Jul 5, 2004 / Nora Ephron
Out With Gerrymanders! Out With Gerrymanders!
This April, in the case of Vieth v. Jubelirer, the Supreme Court came close to burying any hope of curing one of the worst diseases in our ailing democracy--the partisan gerryman...
Jul 1, 2004 / Herman Schwartz
Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream
In a cluster of beach bungalows in Ghana in December 2000, my wife and I encountered the Peace Corps dream.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
Incarceration, Inc. Incarceration, Inc.
Private prisons thrive on cheap labor and the hunger of job-starved towns.
Jul 1, 2004 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
A No to Media Monopoly A No to Media Monopoly
Media monopolists were dealt a rare setback when the Philadelphia-based US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit blocked implementation of last year's decision by the Federal Co...
Jul 1, 2004 / John Nichols
No Blank Check No Blank Check
"A state of war is not a blank check for the President." The Bush Administration's claims "would turn our system of checks and balances on its head." "If civil rights are to be c...
Jul 1, 2004 / David Cole
Rehnquist, Cambodia & Abu Ghraib Rehnquist, Cambodia & Abu Ghraib
The Chief Justice wrote a rationale for Nixon's invasion that is being used to justify torture.
Jun 26, 2004 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Unnatural Acts Unnatural Acts
By now, it has become something of a media cliché to watch "fringe" protesters jumping up and down from the edges of G-8 conferences held at ever more remote locations.
Jun 24, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams