Politics

The UN Bites Back The UN Bites Back

If the Bush Administration is serious about UN reform, it should replace Ambassador John Bolton and stop linking payment of dues to action on reform.

Jun 16, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors

Burning Cole Burning Cole

Politics trumped academic integrity when a neocon network torpedoed the appointment of Mideast scholar and blogger Juan Cole to a faculty position at Yale.

Jun 16, 2006 / Editorial / Philip Weiss

Co-opting Consumers of Color Co-opting Consumers of Color

Fewer minority-owned outlets means fewer minorities in the media. With such threats to public discourse, what will become of our voices, points of view and interests?

Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Makani Themba

The Poet and the Muse The Poet and the Muse

A new collection of letters between Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome reveals an intimate portrait of a poet and his muse.

Jun 15, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson

Prairie Grass Roots Prairie Grass Roots

In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on t...

Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Hot Air Factory The Hot Air Factory

Under Karl Rove's deft hand, Bush has been maneuvered from one catastrophe to another. Why is the left obsessed with him?

Jun 15, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Danger in Paradise Danger in Paradise

It's hard to tell whether the US is conducting a war against terror or against Native Hawaiians, as the military uses parts of the Waianae coast as a live-fire training ground.

Jun 14, 2006 / Editorial / Mindy Pennybacker

News of a Kidnapping News of a Kidnapping

Reviews of The Road to Guantanamo and Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul.

Jun 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

DeLay’s Mission Continues DeLay’s Mission Continues

What is the born-again East Texas word for chutzpah? Whatever it is, Tom DeLay displays enormous amounts, as he exits Congress and faces corruption charges.

Jun 14, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Frank Church’s Quixotic Vision Frank Church’s Quixotic Vision

A Father's Day remembrance of a courageous politician who, in an earlier era, challenged America to resist the apostles of fear who would barter liberty for false security.

Jun 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Forrest Church

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