The Patriot Act is the gateway drug for an Administration addicted to the expansion of unaccountable power.

Naomi Klein argues that the reconstruction industry seems stunningly inept because rebuilding is not its primary purpose.

Rep. Jim McGovern asks, if things in Iraq are so much better, why are we not decreasing the number of US forces there?

Alexa Rose Steinberg | If proposed funding cuts go through, hundreds of thousands of Americans seeking basic literacy will have nowhere to go.

Laura Hershey | Terri Schiavo's life and death raise issues of acceptance, equity and rights.

David Enders | Back for a second tour in Iraq, the Third Infantry Division battles a persistent insurgency and growing ethnic tensions.

David Moberg | Home childcare workers declare a victory.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Andy Stern and Peter Kwong talk discuss how to bring about a new New Deal.

Robert Scheer | A presidential commission's report shines a light on a "crazy" Iraqi informant.

Alisa Solomon | Jeremy Hinzman fled north rather than be deployed in a war he regards as a "criminal enterprise."

Michael Blanding | A growing student movement is taking the company to task for its record on human rights around the globe.

David Corn | When is a priority not a priority? When it's after the election.

Habiba Alcindor | Black farmers and the agrarian culture they embody are rapidly disappearing.

Rebecca MacKinnon | Journalists, bloggers, news executives, media scholars and librarians try to make sense of the new media environment.

Lauren Bans | Educators share strategies for opposing the war.

Russell Jacoby | They claim liberals are victimizing them.

Mark Hatch-Miller | Though promoted as an antiracist event, the rally lamented the state of the corporate music industry generally.

Shamai Leibowitz | An argument for a new strategy to fight the occupation.