Fidel Lives Fidel Lives
Few Americans, especially those in government, know much about Cuba. And nowhere is that more evident than in the coverage of Fidel Castro's illness and the transition of power.
Sep 21, 2006 / Feature / Ned Sublette
Spanish Justice Spanish Justice
The courts of Spain have already tried human rights violators from Chile and Argentina. Those responsible for torturing, imprisoning and killing 200,000 Mayans during Guatemala's t...
Sep 21, 2006 / Geoff Pingree and Lisa Abend
Déjà Vu on Iran? Déjà Vu on Iran?
The Bush Administration is trying to use flawed intelligence to whip up public support for military action against Iran. Can they get away with this again?
Sep 21, 2006 / The Editors
Render Unto Syria Render Unto Syria
Will anyone in the somnambulant White House press corps dare ask the President why he would "render" a Canadian to Syria to be tortured and imprisoned without charges?
Sep 20, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Real Crisis in Uganda The Real Crisis in Uganda
The cease-fire between Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army is only a first step in resolving the humanitarian crisis. The West must push for the release of 2 million Acholis...
Sep 19, 2006 / Feature / Salim Lone
The UN After Lebanon The UN After Lebanon
The UN's mixed record on the war in Lebanon proves we should lower our expectations of what it can meaningfully achieve.
Sep 18, 2006 / Richard Falk
Short Takes Short Takes
Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and The City Is a Rising Tide.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas and Christine Smallwood
The Illusionist The Illusionist
Alexander Stille's The Sack of Rome explores how Silvio Berlusconi subverted Italy's government, history and culture.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Tobias Jones
China’s Neoliberal Dynasty China’s Neoliberal Dynasty
As China's economy surges forward, so does the pileup of social contradictions: pollution, migration, crime and family dysfunction.
Sep 14, 2006 / Feature / Peter Kwong
Congo Journey Congo Journey
It was the strangest journey of my life, and it will always be. I was looking for fictional characters I had invented, in a country I had never visited.
Sep 14, 2006 / Feature / John le Carré