Interview: Anand Gopal New face on Washington’s war The Pentagon has appointed a new general to run the war in Afghanistan, but it's still following an old strategy that is causing massive civilian casualties.
Derron Thweatt and Suzaana Elizabeth Rose Showdown in D.C. over marriage equality The D.C. City Council approved a bill recognizing same-sex marriages from other states, but Congress could still block the measure from becoming law.
Jeremy Scahill The Guantánamo torture squad An ongoing Spanish investigation is adding harrowing details to the portrait of the torture of detainees inside and outside Guantánamo.
Eamonn McCann The catastrophe that lives on The birth of Israel 61 years ago last week established a pattern of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians that continues today.
Readers’ View Why women need single payer A new study provides further evidence for the case in favor of "everybody in, nobody out" single-payer health care reform.
Readers’ View The guards and walls are the same Texas prisoner Kenneth Foster Jr. shares a poem about Gaza and life in prison.
Phil Aliff The war off the battlefield The deadly toll of combat stress was illustrated starkly when a U.S. soldier shot and killed five of his fellow soldiers in Iraq.
Dennis Kosuth Nurses make their voices heard Nurses from across the country descended on Washington for two days of action that included a protest at a Senate hearing on health care reform.
Interview: Marvin Holland Taking back the TWU Rank-and-file members of New York City's powerful subway and bus workers' union have united to challenge the leadership in local elections.
Adam Sanchez A union-buster’s fear campaign A majority of workers at the Laurelhurst Village nursing home in Portland, Ore., signed union cards. But their battle was just beginning.
