Opinion

The Abramoff Babies

Like the "Watergate Babies" of 1974, the new Democratic Congress will have to pick between sustanative or procedural reforms.

Christopher Hayes

Year of the Black Candidate

Many Black candidates sought and won office in the 2006 takeover by the Democrats.

Laura S. Washington

The Role of the Religious Right in the Foley Affair

The Religious Right will condemn others, but never holds themselves accountable.

Hans Johnson

In Loco Parentis: A Gay Pages Experience

Faith can be restored in Congress despite the Foley Page Scandal.

John Ireland

Counterfeit Drugs: Infected with Greed

Counterfit drugs are flooding hospitals and markets worldwide.

Terry J. Allen

The Importance of Not Getting Over It

A new Book Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? suggests that doctored memory cards on electronic voting machines stole the election.

Joel Bleifuss

Route-Stepping? Our Way to WWIII

Scare-tactic allusions to war allow Bush to push an extremist agenda.

Gregory D. Foster

End Medical Experimentation on Prisoners Now

Prisoners have no rights regarding the quality of their medical care or their participation in experiments.

Silja J.A. Talvi

The Neocons Lexicon

Republican term "Islamofacism" conflates the war on terro as a battle between the Enlightenment and Theocracy.

Salim Muwakkil

9/11 Refracted

Post-9/11 reporting has been full of commercialization, ideology and manipulation, not unbiased reporting.

Susan J. Douglas

Katrina and the Politics of Disposability

News reporting on the aftermath of Katrina blames the victims rather than helps them.

Henry Giroux

Fighting the Larger War

The War On Terror is unique because its political, temporal and geographic borders are unknown and its enemy is fluidly ill-defined.

Neve Gordon

Corporal Punishments Hidden Costs

Corporal punishment of children linked to later interpersonal violence.

Salim Muwakkil

Sick to Death of Bush

Disease research at Fort Detrick, MD further undermines U.S. and international law.

Terry J. Allen

Pushing Back Against Ad Censorship

Television networks refuse progressive ads more often than conservative ones

Paul Waldman and Matthew Biedlingmaier

No Cause For Celebration

A Toronto conference on AIDS disappoints activists.

Michael McColly

The True Temptations of the West

Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Beyond is a travelogue by Pankaj Mishra about the shadow of poverty in South Asia.

Lakshmi Chaudhry

The Reparations Bandwagon

Hurricane Katrina opens eyes to the need for reparations to repair the race/class divide.

Salim Muwakkil