Christian Parenti

Christian Parenti, a Nation contributing editor, fellow at The Nation Institute and visiting scholar at the CUNY Graduate Center, is the author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence (Nation Books, June 2011).

Articles

New Orleans: Raze or Rebuild? (Housing and Homelessness, Cities, Politics)

Despite persistent calls from the right to raze the
ruined city, gritty storm survivors from New Orleans to Gulfport and
Houston begin to put their lives together again.

Christian Parenti

The Big Easy Dies Hard (Environmental Issues, Urban Issues, Environment, Politics)

At first glance New Orleans looks like a cross between a
giant conceptual art installation or the set of a cold war disaster
movie.

Christian Parenti

Bolivia's Battle of Wills (Regions and Countries, World)

Despite elections now expected this summer, Bolivia
remains locked in a political stalemate, with core issues unresolved
and the path forward unclear.

Christian Parenti

Tear Gas in the Andes (Regions and Countries, World)

Unwilling to suffer through another generation of brutal poverty, the indigenous people of Bolivia have taken to the streets in La Paz.

Christian Parenti

Hugo Chávez and Petro Populism (Environmental Issues, World Leaders, Regions and Countries, Environment, World)

What Venezuela's revolution is made of.

Christian Parenti

Afghan Poppies Bloom (Foreign Policy, Drug War and Drug Policy, Regions and Countries, Society)

The war-ravaged, opium-dependent country lives in fear of a new drug war.

Christian Parenti

Who Rules Afghanistan (Foreign Policy, Regions and Countries)

Behind the democratic facade.