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Sins of Omission

As the FAA seeks to expand air travel, is it giving concerns about aviation's effects on climate change the attention they deserve?

Megan Tady

Viewpoint

Blogs Up, Hacks Down

The appearance of seven Democratic presidential contenders at the YearlyKos convention demonstrated that the Kossacks and fellow A-listers--along with what the Liberal Blog Advertising Network calls their 3 million daily readers--are now ensconced as political players

Jessica Clark

Culture

The Kids Aren’t Alright

Daniel Brook's The Trap reminds us that inequality is bad for everyone, rich and poor

Brian Cook

Feature

Palestinians in Iraq Face a Second Exile

Threatened in Iraq, these refugees have no country to return to.

Robert S. Eshelman

Feature

Risking Everything for Europe

Industrial fishing off the African coast ruins livelihoods and sends fishermen on a perilous journey across desert and sea.

Hans Lucht

Feature

Equating Stillbirths with Murders

Just how legally viable is Maryland's Viable Fetus Act?

Lindsay Beyerstein

Dispatch

Civil War by Other Means

Rigoberta Menchú's presidental bid could turn the page on Guatemala's bloody past

Jacob Wheeler

Feature

General Failure

An enduring crisis in civil-military relations threatens America's future

Gregory D. Foster

Viewpoint

Justice Denied

One man stands between Flozelle Woodmore and the "free" world--California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Silja J.A. Talvi

Feature

A Win in the Water War

Stockton, Calif., residents have stopped one multinational company from taking over their water system, but other localities remain threatened

Megan Tady

Viewpoint

The Bush Administration’s New Target: Uninsured Kids

Fighting against SCHIP is Bush's first salvo in the battle for major health care reform

Art Levine

Dispatch

The Drug War’s Collateral Damage

Those victimized by a crackdown on marijuana since the early '90s can be denied everything from food stamps to voting rights to the right to adopt a child

Silja J.A. Talvi

Culture

Giving Science the Finger

Generalizations based on hand shape not only are formulated from small pools of data, but smack of pseudo science.

Jody Kolodzey

FBI Director Mueller Contradicts Gonzales

Brian Zick

Democrats Request Special Counsel Be Appointed to Investigate Perjury Charges Against Gonzales

Brian Zick

Rove and Deputy Jennings Subpoenaed by Senate Judiciary Committee

Brian Zick

Viewpoint

The Squandering of Obama

Political masterminds have transformed the candidate from a political visionary into an electoral product like every other presidential aspirant

Salim Muwakkil

Two Reagan Administration Officials Say Bush Can Be Charged with War Crimes

Brian Zick