Articles

Open Letter to Berkeley Students on their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill Open Letter to Berkeley Students on their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill

 When it comes to acting to end Israeli war crimes, the international response has not suffered from too much haste but from far too little.

Apr 16, 2010 / Naomi Klein

Russians Seek Security After Subway Bombing Russians Seek Security After Subway Bombing

Russians will not be safe until there is a political and economic solution to the decades-long war and occupation of Chechnya and the surrounding regions.

Apr 16, 2010 / Olga Razumovskaya

KBR on Trial–At Last KBR on Trial–At Last

 Five years after alerting authorities that she was gang-raped in Iraq, KBR/Halliburton employee Jamie Leigh Jones will finally get her day in court

Apr 16, 2010 / Karen Houppert

Banking on Chalabi Banking on Chalabi

 What is the secret to Ahmad Chalabi's success in Iraq? Some say it lies in his close family ties to the country's leading banks.

Apr 16, 2010 / Aram Roston

Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform Bad Law, Smart Politics in Constitutional Challenges to Healthcare Reform

 Legal experts say constitutional challenges to the healthcare reform legislation don't have a leg to stand on. But as politics, these suits could be a roaring success.

Apr 16, 2010 / Aziz Huq

When Was the Last Time You Visited Iraq? When Was the Last Time You Visited Iraq?

 A provocative exploration of what Americans can't see in their war zones--but think they can.

Apr 16, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

Hilda Solis: Labor’s New Sheriff Hilda Solis: Labor’s New Sheriff

The Secretary of Labor has hired a crew of smart and savvy deputies to enforce the nation's labor laws.

Apr 16, 2010 / Feature / Esther Kaplan

What Really Happened to Welfare What Really Happened to Welfare

 If there was ever a time for a serious "conspiracy" on behalf of the poor, this is it.

Apr 16, 2010 / Feature / Author and Barbara Ehrenreich

The Mad Tea Party The Mad Tea Party

How Glenn Beck & Co. trumped up a vast left-wing conspiracy: the "Cloward-Piven strategy."

Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Richard Kim

In Defense of Hamid Karzai In Defense of Hamid Karzai

Redeeming our faltering ally.

Apr 15, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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