Surprising Outcomes in Pakistan Surprising Outcomes in Pakistan
In an election replete with surprises, the people of Pakistan have chosen wisely. Now it is up to the elected parties to rule wisely.
Feb 22, 2008 / Moni Mohsin
The Fake Prince of Facebook The Fake Prince of Facebook
When a young Moroccan computer engineer created a fake Facebook profile for the Crown Prince of Morocco, the result was jail, torture and a very uncertain future.
Feb 22, 2008 / Feature / Laila Lalami
Letter From Kosovo Letter From Kosovo
In this troubled region, secessions tend to be followed by terrible wars. Will it be any different this time?
Feb 21, 2008 / Feature / Slavenka Drakulic
Chavez’s Fix Chavez’s Fix
Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Wilkinson
Is Iran Winning the Iraq War? Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?
Maybe. But Iraqis mistrust Iran as much as they do the United States.
Feb 21, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam
Thirty-two years after the war, Communist Vietnam is a bustling market economy awash in foreign capital and consumer goods. So was the war necessary?
Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden
Bhutto’s Tangled Legacy Bhutto’s Tangled Legacy
Will the PPP revive her power-sharing deal with Musharraf or join with Nawaz Sharif to re-establish constitutional rule?
Feb 21, 2008 / Graham Usher
Wiretapped Out Wiretapped Out
The House stalemate with the White House over electronic surveillance creates a rare moment to reconsider an array of unconstitutional post-9/11 laws.
Feb 21, 2008 / The Editors
‘End the War in 2009’ ‘End the War in 2009’
Barack Obama has hastened his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, setting the stage for an election battle with John McCain and the forces of neoconservatism.
Feb 21, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Potshots in Space Potshots in Space
From the heaving deck of the USS Lake Erie, the Bush Administration takes shaky aim at a rogue satellite hurtling to Earh, carrying unknown secrets. The missile attack is purely hu...
Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt