Exporting America’s Prison Problems Exporting America’s Prison Problems
In 1997 a 29-year-old schizophrenic inmate named Michael Valent was stripped naked and strapped to a restraining chair by Utah prison staff because he refused to take a pillowc...
May 12, 2004 / Dan Frosch
Thread of Abuse Runs to the Oval Office Thread of Abuse Runs to the Oval Office
Someone's lying--big-time--and neither Congress nor the media have begun to scratch the surface.
May 11, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Stonewalling on Wilson Stonewalling on Wilson
The publication of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's book, The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies That Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity, affords a fresh opportuni...
May 6, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David Corn
Election Matters Election Matters
The peeling-gilt Aladdin Theatre, in a working-class neighborhood across the river from downtown Portland, generally draws rock acts a little too funky or faded to fill the cit...
May 6, 2004 / David Sarasohn
Is Koppel a Commie? Is Koppel a Commie?
The Sinclair Broadcast Group, a Maryland-based media company whose holdings include sixty-two TV stations, did the country a favor when it refused to air the April 30 special e...
May 6, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation ‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation
In 1993 the Nobel Prize-winning author and the Princeton professor sat down to discuss blues, love, and politics.
May 6, 2004 / Feature / Toni Morrison and Cornel West
How to Get Out of Iraq How to Get Out of Iraq
Jonathan Schell
May 6, 2004 / Feature / Various Contributors
When We’re the Evildoers in Iraq When We’re the Evildoers in Iraq
President Bush is again refusing to take responsibility for any of the horrors happening on his watch.
May 5, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
F*cked by the F*CC F*cked by the F*CC
Howard Stern: Free-speech hero.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Jeff Jarvis
The Archives and Allen Weinstein The Archives and Allen Weinstein
Critics see him as unfit to oversee records, noting his dubious ethical standards.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Jon Wiener