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Feature
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Iraq: The Human Toll
The humanitarian crisis is further evidence of the abysmal failure of US policy.
David Cortright
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Terror Hysteria Gone Absurdist
Steve Kurtz is being persecuted to warn off anyone who dares to contest the joint enterprise of science, profit, Pentagon and state.
Alisa Solomon
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Letter From Ecuador
Oil exploration in Ecuador has transformed the national consciousness.
Daphne Eviatar
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The Rights of Journalists
What’s necessary to protect reporters’ sources and the public’s need to know?
Victor Navasky
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Editorial
The Iran War Buildup
There is no evidence that President Bush has already made the decision to attack Iran if Tehran proceeds with uranium-enrichment activities viewed in Washington as precursors to the manufacture
Michael T. Klare
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The Stakes in Roberts’s Nomination
If you like the Patriot Act and Guantánamo, you’ll love John Roberts. More than anything else, to fill Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat on the Supreme Court, the Bush White House sought an advocate for ever-expanding executive branch powers. The stakes in Roberts’s nomination could not be higher. Bruce Shapiro reports.
Bruce Shapiro
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Iraq’s Dangerous New Friend
On Sunday, George W. Bush’s war against terror was turned upside down–and this time the President might even notice.
Robert Scheer
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Generation Next
As far as I could tell, the only students who remained seated for the duration of Bill Clinton’s keynote address at the Campus Progress National Student Conference this week were two Nation<
Sam Graham-Felsen
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The World Speaks on Iraq
Never before has a war aroused this level of protest on a global scale–first to prevent it, then to condemn its conduct.
Richard Falk
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Supreme Court Watch
The stand Democrats take on Bush’s Supreme Court nominee may well define their legacy.
Bruce Shapiro
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Anatomy of Rove’s Leak
Team Bush has hunkered down and ignored press inquiries, hoping the storm surrounding Karl Rove will pass.
David Corn
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After the Bombs
Friends in the States seemed to assume that this was London’s 9/11–it wasn’t.
Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
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Terror Comes to London
The London bombings are another reminder that Bush’s invasion of Iraq was a counterproductive response to 9/11.
The Editors
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Column
On China at Least, Nixon Was Right
Nixon had it right: A prosperous China is good for us all.
Robert Scheer
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Aristide in Exile
Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide attributes his falling-out with Washington to a disagreement over privatization.
Naomi Klein
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Don’t You Dare Call It Treason
Any deed or disclosure that sabotages the CIA’s capacity for covert operations deserves praise.
Alexander Cockburn
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Books & the Arts
Apple’s America
In high school I suffered from a case of unrequited admiration; a favorite teacher barely knew my name.
Natasha Degen
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Willing Executioners
Machete Season is an attempt to trace what went on in the minds of the Hutus who helped exterminate their Tutsi fellow citizens in Rwanda.
Fatin Abbas
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No Exit Strategy
Two new books examine what went wrong in the planning and conduct of the war in Iraq.
David Rieff
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