Soldiers of Conscience Soldiers of Conscience
A peace activist argues that if soldiers like Lieut. Ehren Watada succeed in convincing the courts that they have a right to refuse to fight in unjust and illegal wars, the world w...
Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Staughton Lynd
Rich’s Stealth Campaign Rich’s Stealth Campaign
Howard Rich is pouring big money into leveraging our electoral system to serve his libertarian agenda.
Oct 19, 2006 / Peter Schrag
Downsized but Not Out Downsized but Not Out
United Professionals, a new organization for college-educated workers at risk in a global economy, is joining the movement for economic justice.
Oct 19, 2006 / Barbara Ehrenreich and Tamara Draut
The War and the Election The War and the Election
Ending the Iraq War is the most pressing issue facing America today. I
Oct 19, 2006 / The Editors
Greasing the Skids Greasing the Skids
OK, market forces control oil prices. But market forces--with a lot of push from Republicans--are driving down the price of gas. And you can be sure they'll rise again after the el...
Oct 18, 2006 / Nomi Prins
Pamuk’s Prize Pamuk’s Prize
If Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk is a political writer, it is by virtue of his sympathy for what is old and faded, for what no longer matters, or what never did.
Oct 16, 2006 / Maria Margaronis
Microcredit, Macro Issues Microcredit, Macro Issues
The Swedish Academy bestowed this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus, the father of microcredit. It's easy to believe Yunus's low-interest loans to the poor are a silver b...
Oct 15, 2006 / Walden Bello
Israel’s Cassandra Israel’s Cassandra
If Israel is to fulfill the Zionist vision of being a state like any other, it must take responsibility for the ever-more explosive Middle East.
Oct 12, 2006 / Arno Mayer
Anna Politkovskaya Anna Politkovskaya
The killing of Anna Politkovskaya has rallied her journalistic colleagues and fellow citizens in a way few other recent events have.
Oct 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel