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America’s First Issue

by The Editors May 5, 2008

View a copy of our inaugural issue from April 1909

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Confronting the New Atheism: From May 5, 2008

by The Editors May 5, 2008

In 2008 America published a special issue responding to the rise of secularist polemics.

Editorials

Abuse of Office

by The Editors April 28, 2008

Under George W. Bush, the executive branch consolidated power to a dangerous degree.

Current Comment

by The Editors April 21, 2008

Benedict in America What will Pope Benedict XVI say during his visits to Washington, D.C., and New York City? Will he hew to a simple proclamation of the Gospel? Or will he tackle hot-button issues like same-sex marriage, abortion and the Iraq war? Likewise, will he take aim at neuralgic issues in t

Editorials

Zimbabwe’s Anguish

by The Editors April 21, 2008

The outcome of Zimbabwe’s presidential election on March 29 has remained uncertain for two weeks, amid signs of manipulation by President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party. Underscoring these signs was the arrest of several foreign journalists on April 4 on the trumped-up charge of pr

Current Comment

by The Editors April 14, 2008

The R Word Regulation. The word you thought would never cross Republican lips has been uttered by a cabinet-level official. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. announced March 26 that it is time for “us all to think more broadly about the regulatory and supervisory framework” for fin

Editorials

Press in Peril

by The Editors April 14, 2008

Few industries can boast that they serve the public good and also post a healthy profit. Yet that is what newspapers in the United States succeeded in doing for much of the last century. Flush with advertising dollars and comfortable atop the media food chain, newspapers managed to please both their

Current Comment

by The Editors March 31, 2008

The Trillion-Dollar War From the beginning, the Bush administration has refused to give an accurate and responsible reckoning of the costs of the Iraq war. From underestimating budgets to requesting funding through special supplemental appropriations, to cutting taxes for the wealthy that resulted i

Editorials

Medicaid Under Assault

by The Editors March 31, 2008

Medicaid, the health insurance program for poor people, is again under assault. Created in 1965 through Title XIX of the Social Security Act, it has been instrumental in providing low-income Americans with needed medical care for more than four decades, serving as a crucial component of the nations