Blackwater Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program

Jeremy Scahill reveals the private military firm Blackwater is part of a covert program in Pakistan that includes planning the assassination and kidnapping of Taliban and Al-Qaeda suspects. Blackwater is also said to be involved in a previously undisclosed U.S.

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US Injustices, Michael Moore Goes to the Source in "Capitalism: A Love Story"

Beginning with the 1989 classic Roger & Me, the Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore says his films "come back to a central core concern: the economic system we have is unfair, unjust and undemocratic." With his new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore tackles the fi …

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Conservatism Is Dead!

Digging deep into the roots and evolution of the American conservative movement, Sam Tanenhaus talks with Bill Moyers about why he believes that conservatism is dead and how it might yet come back to life.

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Naomi Klein on "Minority Death Match: Jews, Blacks and the 'Post-Racial' Presidency"

The piece examines the World Conference Against Racism that was held in Geneva this past April, a follow-up to the first racism conference in Durban, South Africa in 2001.

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Front Cover of Mother Jones

Fiji Water, for its part, has trademarked the word "FIJI" (in capital letters) in numerous countries. (Some rejected the application, but not the United States.) It has also gone after rival Fijian bottlers daring to use their country's name for marketing.

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The Whole Foods Boycott & Hypocracy of John Mackey

It's likely many of Whold Food's customers take at face value the company's identity as a leader in "socially responsible" business.

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Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle | Mother Jones

Obama sips it. Paris Hilton loves it. Mary J. Blige won't sing without it. How did a plastic water bottle, imported from a military dictatorship thousands of miles away, become the epitome of cool?—By Anna Lenzer.

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Current Federal & State sponsored healthcare programs falling short of helping eligible patients

Medicaid, the second-largest item in most state budgets, after education, is funded jointly by the states and the federal government, with the federal government matching state dollars by as much as 76 cents to every 24 cents of state money.

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Bush defends presidency in farewell speech

Unpopular but unbowed, President George W. Bush defended his tumultuous two terms in a farewell address to the nation Thursday night, claiming a series of successes at home and aboard.

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Actor hurt after fake knife turned out to be real

An actor's suicide scene became a little too real for comfort when he accidentally stabbed himself in the neck during a performance at an Austrian theater.

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O.J. Simpson sentenced to long prison term

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Senate passes its own bank bailout package

The Senate passed its version of a mammoth rescue plan, saying changes to protect investors and small businesses could persuade reluctant House members to go along.

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Discovery or doom? Collider stirs debate

Will the Large Hadron Collider save the world, or destroy it? Researchers and the general public struggle to figure out the practical impact of particle physics.

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Levi Johnston to join Palin family at convention

Bristol Palin's boyfriend plans to join the family of the Republican vice presidential candidate at the convention in Minnesota.

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Google takes aim at Microsoft with new Web browser

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.

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