Rally for Myanmar Rally for Myanmar
The latest reports from Myanmar say that soldiers are blockading Buddhist shrines and authorities are restricting phone and Internet access, as the military leadership appears at ...
Sep 30, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks
Peacemakers from countries that have moved from sectarian strife towards national reconciliation met with Iraq Sunnis and Shi'as in an effort to resolved the crisis.
Sep 28, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Google: Search and Data Seizure Google: Search and Data Seizure
Google's bid to acquire DoubleClick will make it the most powerful player in interactive marketing on the planet. But it poses threats to our privacy, politics and democratic aspir...
Sep 28, 2007 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
Political Punk: Rage Against the Band Political Punk: Rage Against the Band
Now with a major label, political punk rockers Against Me! have released what may be the year's best album. But have they sold out?
Sep 28, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Jessica Valenti: Full Frontal Feminism Jessica Valenti: Full Frontal Feminism
A conversation with the author and Feministing.com founder about why the next wave of feminist activism will take place online.
Sep 28, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Molly Bennet
John Dean: From Nixon to Bush to Giuliani John Dean: From Nixon to Bush to Giuliani
John Dean knows something about White House abuse of power. He wrote a bestseller in 2004 on the Bush White House called "Worse Than Watergate." In a recent interview I a...
Sep 28, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War
The Senate agreed on Thursday to increase the federal debt limit by $850 billion -- from $8.965 trillion to $9.815 trillion -- and then proceeded to approve a stop-gap spending bi...
Sep 28, 2007 / John Nichols
When Monks Get Mad When Monks Get Mad
If you think the Buddhist monks challenging the military regime in Myanmar are passive and peaceful, think again.
Sep 28, 2007 / Andrew Lam
Ending War for Profit Ending War for Profit
Based on the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard public finance lecturer Linda J. Bilmes, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) recently d...
Sep 27, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ken Burns’s War Ken Burns’s War
His nostalgic PBS series casts WWII as acrucible of meaning. Too bad it lacked a tighter focus on the moral failure of combat.
Sep 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hayes