Puerto Rico, On Drugs Puerto Rico, On Drugs
Ricardo Mendez Matta and Poli Marichal answer questions about their new film, Ladrones y Mentirosos (Thieves and Liars), which takes a hard look at the price Puerto Ricans are pa...
Aug 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Alberto Morales
Angrily Awaiting a Messiah Angrily Awaiting a Messiah
In Mexico City and beyond, tensions are rising between government security forces and thousands of impoverished supporters of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a restive c...
Blackwater Shot Down in Federal Court Blackwater Shot Down in Federal Court
A federal appeals court has ruled a wrongful death lawsuit can proceed against Blackwater USA: Families claim the firm cut corners in pursuit of profit in Iraq, leading to the bru...
Aug 25, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
A Sort of Homecoming A Sort of Homecoming
"The spell of Africa is upon me," wrote W.E.B. Du Bois in Liberia. Three new books document the enchantment and disenchantment of the continent for its descendants.
Aug 24, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Hazel Rowley
Israel on the Slide: Who’s to Blame? Israel on the Slide: Who’s to Blame?
The Israeli press has criticized the Lebanon disaster from all political angles. The American press chooses to cheerlead instead, while liberal Jewry remains silent.
Aug 24, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Cedar Devolution Cedar Devolution
The UN cease-fire in Lebanon demands the impossible: a Lebanese state capable of both disarming Hezbollah and protecting the south from renewed Israeli attacks.
Aug 24, 2006 / Editorial / Joseph Logan
Fallout in Israel Fallout in Israel
Israel's war with Hezbollah may have strengthened the hand of the Israeli right, which has forgotten that peace comes only by negotiating with those you do not trust.
Aug 24, 2006 / Editorial / Eyal Press
Debating Security Debating Security
The alleged British terror plot contrasts with the fruits of Bush's "war on terror": civil war in Iraq, an empowered Iran and Arab hatred. Let us instead seek security through dipl...
Aug 24, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Cuba’s Pathbreaking Energy Policies Cuba’s Pathbreaking Energy Policies
As the world grows short of oil, nations in search of a viable energy policy should take a lesson from Cuba, which turned to sustainable agriculture to offset its own oil crisis.
Aug 22, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Israel’s Dangerous War in Lebanon Israel’s Dangerous War in Lebanon
Eric Alterman appears on Larry King Live August 1, 2006 to explain why US Jews should oppose Israel's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Aug 21, 2006 / Video / Press Room