Engaging Tehran Engaging Tehran
In a small victory for European diplomacy and constructive engagement, the International Atomic Energy Agency recently verified that Iran has suspended its uranium enrichment act...
Nov 24, 2004 / The Editors
Days of Rage Days of Rage
On November 4, 1979, a few months after the collapse of the Iranian monarchy and the inauguration of Iran's Islamic Republic, a group of college students calling themselves the M...
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Reza Aslan
Dissent or Assent? Dissent or Assent?
Michael Walzer's best book is not, unfortunately, his most influential.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
The Good Girl The Good Girl
In the past few decades, Russell Banks has established himself as one of America's most important living writers, one of a handful with the daring and the talent to plumb our his...
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Deborah Scroggins
Imitation of Life Imitation of Life
To return to Chekhov in this cultural moment makes you feel as if you were experiencing spring in Russia.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy
Afghanistan's crop "has spread like wildfire."
Nov 23, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’ UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’
The CIA's Duelfer report may have confirmed the gross falsity of the WMD claims invoked by the Bush Administration to justify its war against Iraq, but it has also triggered a fe...
Nov 18, 2004 / Joy Gordon
Under Siege With Arafat Under Siege With Arafat
One symbol of Palestine is now gone, but the Palestinian people continue to suffer under the tyranny of occupation.
Nov 12, 2004 / Feature / Adam Shapiro
Letter From Spain Letter From Spain
When she was 30, Mónica M. fled her violent husband, taking her two small children and only the clothes on her back. But leaving did not solve her problems.
Nov 11, 2004 / Feature / Samuel Loewenberg
After Arafat After Arafat
"My first reaction is: God bless his soul," answered George W.
Nov 11, 2004 / Graham Usher