Assault on Diversity Assault on Diversity
On April 1 the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases on whether to overturn the 1978 Bakke decision and ban consideration ...
Mar 31, 2003 / Feature / Alfred Ross and Lee Cokorinos
Stanford U. and the Bush Administration Stanford U. and the Bush Administration
As student antiwar activists work to make their case against war persuasive to ambivalent classmates, the leaders of a Stanford University peace group have launched a different k...
Mar 28, 2003 / Feature / Emily Biuso
Dispatch From Russia Dispatch From Russia
A few hours after the United States launched its first missile attack against Baghdad, I spoke to 400 students and faculty at Moscow's largest university of commerce and econom...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dispatch From France Dispatch From France
Following the first attack at 3 am French time, the morning papers were ready with generic "War Is Here" headlines, accompanied by full-page images of dark skies.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Mark Cramer
Dispatch From China Dispatch From China
The pedicab driver stretched out in the passenger seat, his legs thrown over the bicycle seat, half dozing and half listening to the latest news updates in the hours after Amer...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Jen Lin-Liu
Dispatch From Israel Dispatch From Israel
As I was driving home from work late Wednesday night, it became clear that the assault would begin within hours.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Neve Gordon
Dispatch From Philippines Dispatch From Philippines
Walden Bello was in Baghdad March 14-17 as a member of the Asian Peace Mission, a delegation of parliamentarians and members of civil society from different countries in Asia.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Walden Bello
Dispatch From Jordan Dispatch From Jordan
The shockingly awful Anglo-American invasion of Iraq means that Jordan is now literally situated between two wars: To the west, the increasingly bloody Israeli-Palestinian conf...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Mouin Rabbani
Dispatch From Egypt Dispatch From Egypt
My neighbor, who like many Egyptians prefers not to see his name in print, asked me about my nationality the morning the war broke out. "French?" he inquired hopefully. America...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Steve Negus
Dispatch From Nigeria Dispatch From Nigeria
The gym is the last place to look for an impassioned discussion of global politics in Nigeria, a country that is currently pre-occupied with gasoline scarcity, rising political...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Waziri Adio