June 11, 2007 Issue
Cover art by: Cover art by Victor Juhasz; design: Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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Features
Colossus of Baghdad
As conditions worsen inside Baghdad's embattled Green Zone, construction continues on a grandiose US Embassy complex that mirrors Bush Administration delusions of a reordered Middle East. Take a virtual tour.
Tom Engelhardt
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More Like It Hot
To live and dine in California, where one in four is an immigrant, is to sit at a global table. And a bland national cuisine is heating up.
Andrew Lam
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CEOs vs. Slaves
New chasms are opening in the unequal terrain of American society: To the ranks of exploited domestics and factory workers, consider the emerging proletariat of adjunct faculty and temporary attorneys.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Hip Heterodoxy
A group of economists is challenging the most basic assumptions of neoclassical economic theory, and their influence is growing.
Christopher Hayes
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The Secret Air War in Iraq
Bombs from American planes are killing tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, and no one in the mainstream media is talking about it.
Nick Turse
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Exodus
Iraq has prompted the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world, and it's threatening to destabilize the entire region.
Stephen Glain
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Editorials
Wolfowitz and the Bank
Paul Wolfowitz's resignation won't reform the World Bank. But it could spark a new era of independence from the International Monetary Fund.
Mark Weisbrot
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No-Sweat Sit-Ins Hit Academe
Will a donation from Nike deflect Stanford's efforts to curb sweatshop labor in the making of its sports regalia?
the Editors
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Iraq Timeline Runs Out
What is it that Congressional Democrats don't get about the Iraq debate?
the Editors
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Raw Deal on Immigration
The Senate's "grand bargain" on immigration may be the best deal to be done in the present political climate, but it's still not good enough.
the Editors
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Sick Justice
Alberto Gonzales now stands revealed as an unambiguous conspirator against the Constitution--as does his boss.
the Editors
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Columns
Welcome, Baby Cheney
Now that Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter has presented him with a grandson, maybe it's time for Grandpa to join PFLAG.
Robert Scheer
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Jason Giambi, Truthteller
Jason Giambi finally got around to telling the truth about baseball and steroids. So naturally, Major League Baseball is out to smear him.
Dave Zirin
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‘Feckless’? No Way!
Who says American feminists have ignored the plight of Muslim women?
Katha Pollitt
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The Greenhousers Strike Back, and Strike Out
More contrarian thinking on climate change.
Alexander Cockburn
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Books and the Arts
Colossus of Baghdad
As conditions worsen inside Baghdad's embattled Green Zone, construction continues on a grandiose US Embassy complex that mirrors Bush Administration delusions of a reordered Middle East. Take a virtual tour.
Tom Engelhardt
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Dreamscape
Reviews of the animated psychoanalytic sci-fi thriller Paprika, 9 Star Hotel and Poison Friends.
Stuart Klawans
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The Doctor Stories
Atul Gawande offers up a banal self-help manual for aspiring MDs, while Pauline Chen prescribes a dose of compassion.
Lizzy Ratner
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An African Solution
Two new books on the AIDS epidemic in Africa suggest that the best treatment may be found in the continent's own social movements.
Andrew Rice
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Letters