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Stiffing veterans
Judith Coburn
The underfunded V.A. is being overwhelmed by injured soldiers -- and the administration that sent them to war won't pay to take care of them.
Military injustice
Mark Benjamin
A new report on prisoner abuse says the Army has fallen far short in prosecuting the perpetrators.
Port security? They’re for it, except when they’re against it
Tim Grieve
Caving to business interests, House Republicans oppose a plan to subject all incoming cargo containers to inspection.
3 Questions for: Boots Riley
Salon Staff
The Coup frontman talks about politics, hip-hop and the politics of hip-hop
Rumsfeld and Limbaugh, playing defense
Tim Grieve
The secretary finds a friendly base from which to minimize the criticism he's facing.
No justice for all
Mark Benjamin
Army investigators found "probable cause" that a civilian interrogator abused a detainee at Abu Ghraib. Why has the Department of Justice failed to prosecute him -- or any of the other 18 civilians suspected of criminal acts?
The political score card
Michael Scherer
A partisan analysis of chin flips, punched cops and a proposed memorial to the fallen.
The “coalition of the willing” expands
Michael Scherer
Can lions and tigers and bears help defeat the insurgents?
Sinners in the hands of an angry GOP
Michelle Goldberg
At a messianic "War on Christians" conference, Tom DeLay warned that "the future of man hangs in the balance" as other righteous souls demanded that gay sex be explicitly described to restore "shame."
U.S. agrees to release Abu Ghraib photos
Mark Benjamin, Michael Scherer
Citing Salon's publication, government abandons its fight to keep images of abuse secret.
What else we’re reading
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Abortion rights under attack in Italy, child support skirmish in Michigan, and more.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Was the Stones' Brian Jones murdered? Plus: A Belgian film about a man who sells his baby is one of the greatest films in recent years.
Baghdad: The besieged press
Orville Schell
Holed up in fortified compounds, at constant risk of death when they venture out, reporters in Iraq are increasingly cut off from the hideous reality outside.
Desperate Army wives
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
As military men serve repeated tours in Iraq, military wives back home are getting burned out.
Introduction: The Abu Ghraib files
Salon Staff
279 photographs and 19 videos from the Army's internal investigation record a harrowing three months of detainee abuse inside the notorious prison -- and make clear that many of those responsible have yet to be held accountable.
Prosecutions and convictions
Salon Staff
A look at accountability to date for abuses at Abu Ghraib and in the broader "war on terror."
Investigations and other resources
Tracy Clark-Flory, Compiled by Mark Follman
A look at investigations into Abu Ghraib; plus, other reports, legal documents and further reading about prisoner abuse and torture.
Shark and awe
Tom Engelhardt
The Pentagon plans to put neural implants in sharks to have them serve as underwater spies -- another example of a defense budget gone mad.
Singles going steady
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
To avoid marrying a jerk, singles educators say you should stay out of bed on the first date and cross-examine your partner. Critics say their advice is hokum.
A deluded king and his court lickspittles
Sidney Blumenthal
Cut off from reality and surrounded by flatterers like Rice and Cheney, Bush clings to grandiose illusions of heroism.
For Bush, a panic play — in Afghanistan
Tim Grieve
In search of higher ground, the president makes a surprise stop on the way to India.
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