Society

Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels

New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.

Nov 14, 2007 / Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Amy Traub

Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream

A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.

Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rashi Kesarwani

The New Face of Al Jazeera The New Face of Al Jazeera

Is the popular Arabic satellite network becoming more Islamist and sectarian?

Nov 9, 2007 / Feature / Kristen Gillespie

Judging Thomas Judging Thomas

A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Fukú Americanus Fukú Americanus

Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

ART in America ART in America

Two new books explore the possibilities and ethical complications of assisted reproductive technology.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Of Lies, Catfights and Rock ‘n’ Roll Of Lies, Catfights and Rock ‘n’ Roll

Official lies have always been with us. But our political life--as depicted by Maureen Dowd, among others--has been poisoned by the even more insidious unrebuttable lie.

Nov 8, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman

Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony

Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.

Nov 8, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Voting for Torture Voting for Torture

By approving Michael Mukasey's nomination for Attorney General despite his evasions on waterboarding, the Senate has led us all across a dangerous line.

Nov 8, 2007 / The Editors

The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse

The Gap has been caught selling garments made by child slaves in India. It's enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket.

Nov 2, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

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