Border Justice Border Justice
The call by George W. Bush for major reform of our failed immigration policy was undoubtedly made with election-year eyes fixed on the growing Latino vote.
Jan 15, 2004 / Marc Cooper
Baghdad Beat Baghdad Beat
There's a wonderful children's story by Roald Dahl titled Fantastic Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox is a wily fellow whose record of chicken theft has driven three local farmers to the point of...
Jan 8, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
More Bad Judges More Bad Judges
Here comes the sequel to the Scalia Clones and Thomas Clowns.
Jan 8, 2004 / Jack Newfield
Prison Reform Talking Points Prison Reform Talking Points
The US prison system is exacting an increasingly heavy toll, both financial and human.
Dec 19, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
How to Kill Saddam How to Kill Saddam
The last time I saw pictures of a man in need of a haircut being displayed as a trophy of the American Empire it was Che Guevara, stretched out dead on a table in Vallegrande, a ...
Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The New Money Game The New Money Game
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), better known as the McCain-Feingold law, by a 5-to-4 majority, is the need for campaign finance r...
Dec 18, 2003 / The Editors
Fields of Poison Fields of Poison
While farmworkers are sickened by pesticides, industry writes the rules.
Dec 11, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Clarren
Rosenbaum Inquisition Rosenbaum Inquisition
In 2002, Republicans on a House Judiciary subcommittee trained their sights on an unlikely target: conservative Judge James Rosenbaum, Chief Judge of the US District Court for th...
Dec 11, 2003 / David Rubenstein
Criminalizing Motherhood Criminalizing Motherhood
More than 275 women have faced charges relating to drug use during their pregnancies.
Dec 3, 2003 / Feature / Silja J.A. Talvi
Adam and Steve–Together at Last Adam and Steve–Together at Last
Will someone please explain to me how permitting gays and lesbians to marry threatens the institution of marriage?
Nov 26, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt