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Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Anna Louie Sussman
Fixing the Torture Fix Fixing the Torture Fix
Congress has passed legislation allowing evidence obtained through torture to be used against terror suspects in court. But human rights groups and some Congressional leaders will ...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Bolivia’s Home-Grown President Bolivia’s Home-Grown President
The election of former coca farmer Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president appears to be an enormous victory for the left, as yet another Latin American nation turns aw...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
The Rumble Down Under The Rumble Down Under
Discrimination is on the rise for Australia's Muslims and others of Middle-Eastern descent, as Prime Minister John Howard's draconian anti-terror laws echo the fear-mongering tacti...
Dec 20, 2005 / Feature / Richard Pollak
Rebels Rebels
With persistence and strong convictions, insurgents can change a political party. Galvanized by the war and disgusted with weak-spined party leaders, rank-and-file Democrats may at...
Dec 20, 2005 / Feature / William Greider
Brave Neuro World Brave Neuro World
As neurotechnology expands our abilities to rejuvenate aging brains, rebound from trauma and enhance moods or sexual prowess, we need a consistent set of neuroethics about how that...
Dec 20, 2005 / Feature / Kathryn Schulz
Rembrandt’s Year Rembrandt’s Year
2006 marks Rembrandt's 400th birthday, and an array of exhibitions, from the sublime to the silly, will open in Amsterdam, Washington and beyond. As the aesthetic hype escalate...
Dec 19, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Abigail R. Esman
Dances With Ghosts Dances With Ghosts
As the House of Representatives voted to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich decried the back-door methods and contemplated t...
Dec 19, 2005 / Feature / Dennis Kucinich
Shoot the Moon Shoot the Moon
How realistic is it to stop the Bush Administration from pursuing its war agenda? Former prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega offers some hard-core advice about how to challenge the sta...
Dec 19, 2005 / Feature / Elizabeth de la Vega
The Wonder and Horror of 2005 The Wonder and Horror of 2005
In the gloom of post-election 2004 few people, if any, could have anticipated the wild surprises of 2005. Focusing on three unforeseen developments of the past year, a meditation o...
Dec 15, 2005 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit