Target Ford
Scott Sherman : When the Ford Foundation came under pressure, it revised its grant-making standards, restricting the political activities of its grantees.
John Gray reviews Martha Nussbaum's Frontiers of Justice, Alexander Cockburn looks at the rising left in India, Jeremy Scahill uncovers more on Blackwater in New Orleans.
Articles
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The Race to Replace Arnold: Running on Empty
Marc Cooper : The limp grassroots response to Democratic gubernatorial candidates reveals that the plummeting popularity of one party doesn't automatically translate into support for the other.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Phone Spies
: Democrats in Congress must press for a full investigation of NSA phone call surveillance and prove that the rule of law is an asset, not an obstacle, to national security.
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The Wiretapping Tango
Bruce Shapiro : The NSA surveillance scandal raises questions about whether phone companies will become pawns of an Administration bent on expanding its power.
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The False Bird Flu Scare
Dr. Marc Siegel : The United States has fueled a worldwide overreaction to the threat of a bird flu pandemic, putting AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and other crucial global health programs at risk.
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The Insecurity State
Donald W. Shriver Jr. : Americans are now caught in a security paradox: We expect the government to protect us, but its responses make us feel even more insecure.
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In the Black(water)
Jeremy Scahill : Hurricane victims are still homeless in New Orleans, but thanks to the federal government's $30 million contract bonanza, Blackwater USA's profits are soaring.
Reviews
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book
Dead Souls
Carmen Boullosa : Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, written during the cultural renaissance that followed the Mexican Revolution, is a marvel of storytelling and testament to the power of the word.
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book
Supersize Misha
J. Hoberman : Absurdistan is a stunning encore for novelist Gary Shteyngart, both the avatar of a new Jewish-American literature and an inveterate Eastern European trickster.
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film
Wind From the Mideast
Stuart Klawans : "The Road to Damascus" explores the strange, the beautiful and the uncanny in Syrian cinema.
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
The Red Flag, From Berlin to West Bengal
Alexander Cockburn : The left may be a dusty relic in Germany, but in the Indian state of Kerala, it has made formidable gains on a platform of reform and smart economic policies.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
George & Tony's Not So Excellent Adventure
Gary Younge : If democracy represents the will of the people, then there is either something wrong with democracy in the United States and Britain or something wrong with the people on both sides of the Atlantic.
Web
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Emerging Writers
Seeking Justice Where There Is No Peace
Anja Tranovich : As conditions worsen in Darfur, the nascent International Criminal Court, whose mandate is to bring genocidaires to justice in a chaotic environment hostile to the rule of law, is facing a daunting challenge.
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TruthDig
Heckuva Job
Robert Scheer : Desperate to report progress in Iraq Bush boasts that the newest Iraqi leader has taken his phone call twice. Wow. And it only cost $200 billion and thousands of dead and maimed Americans.
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Moral Compass
'Why Can't We?'
Samantha Power : Confronting the forces of war, genocide and lawlessness begins with the belief that individual citizens have the power--and the responsibility--to focus our government's mind, change its priorities and save lives.
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Bitter Wine for Israel's Bedouins
Neve Gordon : Israel's plans for a series of farms and wineries designed to draw tourists to the Negev Desert is the latest insult to its marginalized Bedouin population.
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Howl
Surveillance for Sale?
Nicholas von Hoffman : It's outrageous enough that the NSA is secretly monitoring Americans' calling patterns. But has anyone considered what would happen if incompetent or unscrupulous monitors sold that information to the highest bidder?
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Emerging Writers
The Scramble for Oil
Cora Currier : The Bush Administration's warm embrace of the Equatorial Guinea's despotic President Teodoro Mbasogo demonstrates how low it will go in pursuit of oil.
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