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Blackwater Injustice Blackwater Injustice

A federal judge has dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down fourteen innocent Iraqis in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007.

Jan 7, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill

Noted. Noted.

Remembering poet Dennis Brutus and anti-globalization activist Tim Costello.

Jan 7, 2010 / The Editors

Looting Social Security Looting Social Security

The Washington Post has run a "news" article about deficit reduction produced by The Fiscal Times, an outfit backed by Social Security demonizer Pete Peterson.

Jan 7, 2010 / William Greider

The Terror Trap The Terror Trap

The attempted airliner attack on Christmas Day demonstrates that the best antidote to terrorism is not military action but good intelligence, police work and appropriate security m...

Jan 7, 2010 / The Editors

The Decade for Women: Forward, Backward, Sideways? The Decade for Women: Forward, Backward, Sideways?

Feminist highs and lows of the first decade of the 2000s.

Jan 7, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

From Genesis to Gaia From Genesis to Gaia

If a conclusive disrespecting of Genesis was required, wouldn't you think R. Crumb was the man for the job?

Jan 7, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Imaginariums Imaginariums

James Cameron's Avatar, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and more.

Jan 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

After Macondo: On Evelio Rosero After Macondo: On Evelio Rosero

In Evelio Rosero's The Armies, war is like the Law in Kafka: cruel, implacable and coldly divine.

Jan 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich

History Unforeseen: On Sylvia Townsend Warner History Unforeseen: On Sylvia Townsend Warner

In the fiction of Sylvia Townsend Warner, historical change is accidental and almost imperceptible, but for all that no less decisive.

Jan 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Carroll Simon

The Copenhagen Disaccord The Copenhagen Disaccord

Activists are figuring out what went wrong at the climate summit and what to do next.

Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

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