Babak Sarfaraz

Babak Sarfaraz is a pseudonym for a journalist in Iran.

Iran's Next Supreme Leader?

July 23, 2009

A top candidate to replace the ailing Khamenei is both a clerical traditionalist and a modernizer.
Iran: A Compromise Deal?

July 10, 2009

Supporters of the Green Wave increasingly see negotiations with the regime as the best way out of today's crisis.
Iran's New Revolutionaries

June 24, 2009

At the heart of the Green Wave sweeping Iran are the fearless young men and women who have few illusions about the complexity of the reforms they seek.

Around the Nation | The week we went Rouge. Plus, Moyers on Afghanistan.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin | The death panelist-in-chief rallied her followers to "KILL THE BILL." But 60 senators decided to follow the real leader.
John Nichols
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Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
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Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
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Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
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