Baker Report Puts Bush in a Corner Baker Report Puts Bush in a Corner

It's crunch time for George W. Bush.

He has to decide whether or not to change his Iraq policy, as James Baker, his father's secretary of state, we...

Dec 1, 2006 / David Corn

Colin Powell: “I Would Call It a Civil War,” Colin Powell: “I Would Call It a Civil War,”

When NBC and MSNBC began to refer to the civil war in Iraq by its proper name, they took the predictable hits from rightwing media -- Fox personalities were aghast at the notion t...

Dec 1, 2006 / John Nichols

Suga Mama, Politicized Suga Mama, Politicized

Beyoncé Knowles's sexed-up club jam B'Day is also an odd, urgent, dissonant and disruptive personal and political statement.

Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daphne A. Brooks

Same Old Same Old Same Old Same Old

House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi ought to find a quiet place where shecan sit down and recount the election. She was not chosen by her friendsin Silicon Valley or by the friendly ...

Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation

The Baker Cop-Out The Baker Cop-Out

After months of speculation, the Iraq Study Group, led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, is preparing to release its much-hyped report on American policy toward Iraq. According t...

Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation

Unhappy Meal Unhappy Meal

Stuart Klawans reviews Fast Food Nation, a film that aspires to activism as it undermines its own anticorporate message.

Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

In Palestine, a Dream Deferred In Palestine, a Dream Deferred

Two new books explore fundamental Palestinian and Israeli concerns: The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi considers the Palestinians’ failure to achieve sovereignty, and One Country by A...

Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Bashir Abu-Manneh

Mad Mel and the Maya Mad Mel and the Maya

Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.

Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Earl Shorris

Getting Out Getting Out

The foreign policy establishment knows the Iraq War is lost, but the search for an acceptable exit strategy has only just begun.

Nov 30, 2006 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

Gaza and Darfur Gaza and Darfur

There's no political risk for US media to sound off over genocide in Darfur, but challenging Israel's shameful seige of Gaza is quite a different story.

Nov 30, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn