Lobbying Degree Zero Lobbying Degree Zero
Moral mudslinging has stifled debate over the Israel lobby.
Oct 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
The Fight to Save Congo’s Forests The Fight to Save Congo’s Forests
A history of colonial neglect and endemic corruption has unleashed a lawless logging binge in the heart of Congo's massive woodlands.
Oct 4, 2007 / Feature / Christian Parenti
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
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
The Best Wars of Their Lives The Best Wars of Their Lives
A historian plugs some suspicious gaps in two revisionist histories of Vietnam.
Sep 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Chávez: ‘Galbraithiano’ Chávez: ‘Galbraithiano’
As Venezuela and the rest of Latin America repair the damage of two decades of free-market orthodoxy, John Kenneth Galbraith is a major inspiration.
Sep 27, 2007 / Greg Grandin
Lawyers Join Monks to Defy Myanmar’s ‘Forced Politics’ Lawyers Join Monks to Defy Myanmar’s ‘Forced Politics’
Lawyers in Myanmar t joined forces this week with Buddhist monks to demand national reconciliation and an end to human rights abuse.
Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / The Nation
Myanmar: A Monk Confronts A General Myanmar: A Monk Confronts A General
In a letter to Myanmar strongman Than Shwe, the abbot of a Yangon monastery calls the regime to account for its corruption and the suffering it has imposed on the Burmese people.
Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / U Thangara Linkhara
A Plea From the Iranian People A Plea From the Iranian People
Iran's leading dissident implores UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to reprimand the Iranian government for its human rights abuses and provide moral support for the suffering Irani...
Sep 24, 2007 / Feature / Akbar Ganji
Had She Lived Had She Lived
A painter explores love and loss in the iconic settings of postwar Paris.
Sep 20, 2007 / Feature / Byron Dobell