The Hidden Cost of DNA Banking The Hidden Cost of DNA Banking
"Bio-prospecting" is unreflective--and unregulated.
Apr 16, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
A Guide to Discussing the News for Responsible and Serious-Minded Citizens A Guide to Discussing the News for Responsible and Serious-Minded Citizens
Hot topics.
Apr 16, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
China’s Global Shopping Spree China’s Global Shopping Spree
Is the world's future resource map tilting East?
Apr 16, 2010 / Michael T. Klare
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