Politics

Darwin on Trial Darwin on Trial

As the site of a trial on including intelligent design in biology textbooks, Dover, Pennsylvania, is a focal point of a national debate on science and religion. But a look at the t...

Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Eyal Press

Cornbread and Roses Cornbread and Roses

With his campaign to eradicate poverty in America, John Edwards has shed his Clinton Lite image. But to truly redefine the Democratic party and win the 2008 presidency, he has a lo...

Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Bob Moser

Bringing Down the Bully Bringing Down the Bully

The lesson of the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's referendum revolution is this: The American people will not forever be fooled. The negative message of the Re...

Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Robert Scheer

Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits

Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the bur...

Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman

Germ Boys and Yes Men Germ Boys and Yes Men

Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?

Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

The GOP Takes a Beating The GOP Takes a Beating

As Democrats gloat over two gubernatorial wins and the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold's intiatives, the GOP approaches off-year elections weighed down by Bush's baggage.

Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Eric Alterman

This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed

Democrats celebrate electoral victories in Virginia, New Jersey and California, they shouldn't waste time gloating. They need to find effective candidates like Tim Kaine and Jon Co...

Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / David Corn

Lying with Intelligence Lying with Intelligence

A newly declassified Defense Intelligence Agency document discrediting reports of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq disproves the Bush Administration's claim that they went to w...

Nov 8, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

Gas Price-gouging or Business as Usual? Gas Price-gouging or Business as Usual?

As the Senate opens hearings this week calling energy execs to account for their windfall profits on gasoline and natural gas, the question must be asked: Is this price-gouging or ...

Nov 7, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona led thousands in a massive rebuke of George W. Bush, his trade policies and his neoconservative age...

Nov 5, 2005 / Feature / Jordana Timerman

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