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Derail the ‘Hate Crimes’ Bandwagon! Derail the ‘Hate Crimes’ Bandwagon!

Our laws are rapidly collapsing into symbolism.

May 27, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Real Sotomayor The Real Sotomayor

Conservatives should think twice before using Sonia Sotomayor's Latina identity against her.

May 27, 2009 / The Editors

All the Letters Fit to Print All the Letters Fit to Print

A longstanding rivalry between old friends shows what it takes to get into the New York Times.

May 27, 2009 / Feature / David Margolick

The Dark Side of Plan Colombia The Dark Side of Plan Colombia

Is Plan Colombia subsidizing narco-traffickers to cultivate biofuels on stolen lands?

May 27, 2009 / Feature / Teo Ballvé

The Selling of School Reform The Selling of School Reform

Charter and merit pay advocates make up in lobbying what they lack in community support.

May 27, 2009 / Feature / Dana Goldstein

Torture and Truth Torture and Truth

The war, as we learned from the photos of Abu Ghraib, produced torture. Before that happened, torture had produced war.

May 27, 2009 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

The Border Violence Myth The Border Violence Myth

The national media have invented a drug-related crime wave that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.

May 27, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana

What’s Next For The LGBT Equality Movement? What’s Next For The LGBT Equality Movement?

The Nation's Richard Kim joins a panel discussion on the impact of Prop 8 in California being upheld and more.

May 27, 2009 / GRITtv

Judge Sotomayor’s Diabetes: Not a Weakness But a Strength Judge Sotomayor’s Diabetes: Not a Weakness But a Strength

There is little doubt that Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, when and if she is confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice, will be a role model. As the first Latina on the...

May 27, 2009 / John Nichols

The Silence of MoveOn The Silence of MoveOn

MoveOn, once the most powerful grassroots peace organization, has rendered its members voiceless on the expanding wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And that silence sends a message...

May 26, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

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