Questionable Verdict Questionable Verdict
Even the most naive American voter cannot be expected to see the morally, legally and politically questionable death sentence given to Saddam Hussein a milestone in the Bush Admin...
Nov 6, 2006 / Richard Falk
Que Pasa en Oaxaca? Que Pasa en Oaxaca?
A virtual state of siege prevails in Oaxaca, where military police have occupied the central square, clearing barricades and detaining scores of activists.
Nov 4, 2006 / Feature / Michael McCaughan
The Case for Engagement The Case for Engagement
If US officials stopped their saber-rattling over Iran's nuclear ambitions and began to negotiate directly, they would have an eye-opening experience.
Nov 3, 2006 / Feature / Scott Ritter
What’s Left of Reform What’s Left of Reform
As Iran and the United States trade insults and America presses for Iranians to rise up, educators, students and women's rights groups may pay the greatest cost.
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Negar Azimi
War Criminals, Beware War Criminals, Beware
Human rights advocates are pressing German courts to prosecute Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales and other Bush Administration officials for war crimes. They just might succeed.
Nov 2, 2006 / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Capturing Compassion Capturing Compassion
Seeking to arouse America's compassion, five photojournalists have documented the suffering of terrorized refugees from Darfur in an exhibition that will travel to cities aroun...
Oct 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Suzanne Charlé
French Lessons French Lessons
The history of twentieth-century France depicts a struggle between the republican ideal of a unitary state and the shifting concerns of a pluralistic society.
Oct 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Sunil Khilnani
Pamuk’s Prize Pamuk’s Prize
If Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk is a political writer, it is by virtue of his sympathy for what is old and faded, for what no longer matters, or what never did.
Oct 16, 2006 / Maria Margaronis
Who’s Running Afghan Policy? Who’s Running Afghan Policy?
Even if the United States has the will to do the hard work necessary to rebuild Afghanistan, there are few signs that senior Administration officials are engaged.
Oct 16, 2006 / Feature / David Corn
My Friend, the Enemy My Friend, the Enemy
Sandy Tolan’s The Lemon Tree is a novelistic account of two intertwined lives, one Palestinian and one Jewish, and a house with two histories.
Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Roane Carey