Potshots in Space Potshots in Space
From the heaving deck of the USS Lake Erie, the Bush Administration takes shaky aim at a rogue satellite hurtling to Earh, carrying unknown secrets. The missile attack is purely hu...
Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
1,000 Feminists Oppose Hillary 1,000 Feminists Oppose Hillary
More than 1,000 feminists have signed a statement criticizing Hillary Clinton and supporting Obama for president - evidence that Clinton's support among women activists continues t...
Feb 20, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Lenin, Trotzky and Gorky Lenin, Trotzky and Gorky
"I went to Russia believing myself a communist, but contact with those who have no doubts has intensified a thousandfold my own doubts...of every creed so firmly held that for its ...
Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Bertrand Russell
Castro and the Colossus Castro and the Colossus
He caused the Cuban people much suffering, but the giant to the north bears even greater responsibility for the island's plight.
Feb 20, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Day After Fidel The Day After Fidel
Most authoritarians leave office in a coup or a coffin. Fidel Castro is leaving on his own terms.
Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Where Did the Water Come In? Where Did the Water Come In?
Reverend Jesse Jackson was in New Delhi to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi but the subprime crisis back home was also on his mind. He phoned and ...
Feb 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rigged Trials at Gitmo Rigged Trials at Gitmo
In an exclusive interview, Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for Guantánamo's military commissions, says that the Pentagon has foreclosed the possibility of acquitt...
Feb 20, 2008 / Feature / Ross Tuttle
The History of Hope The History of Hope
Voters drawn to Barack Obama are often criticized as naive. But appeals to our collective hope for a more decent society are core to the American experience.
Feb 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Peter Dreier
Peace Sign Turns Fifty Peace Sign Turns Fifty
Thanks to my colleague Scott Klein for telling me that the Peace Sign, one of the most widely known symbols in the world, turns fifty this week. It was first displayed on home-mad...
Feb 19, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
The Film We Dreamed The Film We Dreamed
In Zeroville, Steve Erickson explores New Hollywood's promise and doom and the dissolution of cinema into spectacle.
Feb 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor