Israel Lobby Watch Israel Lobby Watch
The Human Rights Watch reports that were sharply critical of Israel's killing of civilians in Lebanon represent the latest battle for Jewish hearts and minds in the ideological war...
Aug 31, 2006 / Philip Weiss
Katrina One Year After Katrina One Year After
Great tragedies call for visionary leadership. This is the moment for progressives to summon the guts to forge a compelling message not just about what's come apart in America, but...
Aug 31, 2006 / The Editors
Bush’s Plebiscitary Presidency Bush’s Plebiscitary Presidency
Thanks to an acquiescent Congress, we are now being governed by an Administration that is radically trying to change the nature of our democracy.
Aug 30, 2006 / Barney Frank
Dorothy Healey Dorothy Healey
An appreciation of one of the last members of the left's "greatest generation," known for her physical courage, warmth and intelligence, who spent a lifetime arguing eloq...
Aug 24, 2006 / Mike Davis
The Food Issue The Food Issue
Since we're a weekly magazine, "slow" is not a quality we often find ourselves working to achieve.
Aug 24, 2006 / The Editors
Cedar Devolution Cedar Devolution
The UN cease-fire in Lebanon demands the impossible: a Lebanese state capable of both disarming Hezbollah and protecting the south from renewed Israeli attacks.
Aug 24, 2006 / Joseph Logan
Fallout in Israel Fallout in Israel
Israel's war with Hezbollah may have strengthened the hand of the Israeli right, which has forgotten that peace comes only by negotiating with those you do not trust.
Aug 24, 2006 / Eyal Press
Debating Security Debating Security
The alleged British terror plot contrasts with the fruits of Bush's "war on terror": civil war in Iraq, an empowered Iran and Arab hatred. Let us instead seek security through dipl...
Aug 24, 2006 / The Editors
Lessons Learned Lessons Learned
As a tentative ceasefire takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the world--and the United States in particular--should ponder lessons learned and the price we will pay...
Aug 20, 2006 / Saree Makdisi
A Bankrupt Cuba Policy A Bankrupt Cuba Policy
As Iraq burns and Castro recovers, the Bush Administration's schemes to further "Cuba's transition to democracy" ring more hollow than ever.
Aug 15, 2006 / Wayne S. Smith