Articles

Beware of Fat People Beware of Fat People

There is no doubt that there is plenty to be concerned about when it comes to our unhealthy diets.

Sep 14, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry

Personal Voices: Surviving ‘Kilwaukee’ Personal Voices: Surviving ‘Kilwaukee’

Biko Baker explores how to organize urban communities and move beyond violence in Milwaukee.

Sep 14, 2007 / The Nation

Rape, Pillage and Ignore Rape, Pillage and Ignore

In Indian country, a high number of rapes and no resources for victims.

Sep 14, 2007 / The Nation

Know Your Judges! Know Your Judges!

Who gets to judge you and the law? If you don't know--read this!

Sep 14, 2007 / The Nation

The Ambitious Delusions of George Bush and David Petraeus The Ambitious Delusions of George Bush and David Petraeus

We now learn that General David Petraeus fancies himself a Dwight Eisenhower for the 21st century. According to a report in London's Independent newspaper by the reliable Middle ...

Sep 14, 2007 / John Nichols

A War We Just Might Lose A War We Just Might Lose

Written by Matthew Blake: Back in July, support for the war in Iraq was at an all-time low, with prominent Republican Senators like Richard Lugar of Indiana and Pete Domenici of ...

Sep 13, 2007 / Ari Berman

Post-Petraeus, Obama & Clinton Jockey for Antiwar Position Post-Petraeus, Obama & Clinton Jockey for Antiwar Position

In the aftermath of General David Petraeus' stay-the-course presentation to Congress and as George W. Bush prepared yet another major speech-to-the-nation o...

Sep 13, 2007 / David Corn

Getting Away With Murder Getting Away With Murder

The brutal murder of a bishop and its violent aftermath exemplify post-civil war Guatemala's descent into chaos

Sep 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby

Jazz As a Way of Life Jazz As a Way of Life

The landscape riffs on what works where,
Scrub brush dirt, scrub brush dirt, bougainvillea
Pamplemousse-style on sandstone
Declining to absorb

Sep 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis

The Passenger The Passenger

In a posthumously published memoir, Ryszard Kapuscinski looks back on his life as a pathbreaking literary journalist who covered the Third World during the cold war.

Sep 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice

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