A Full Tank of Paradoxes A Full Tank of Paradoxes
Contrary to the impression fostered by the government's supporters, not all the fuel protesters are selfish, gas-guzzling throwbacks greedy for a bigger TV.
Sep 25, 2000 / Maria Margaronis
Russia’s Environmental Crisis Russia’s Environmental Crisis
NPR's Living On Earth program broadcast a radio version of this story over the weekend of September 1-3, 2000. Research support provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Ins...
Sep 7, 2000 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
In Re Lori Berenson In Re Lori Berenson
In the nearly five years since Lori Berenson's arrest in a Peruvian police roundup, the politics and emotions swirling around her case have only intensified.
Aug 24, 2000 / The Editors
The Lori Berenson Papers The Lori Berenson Papers
Research support: the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute. Additional reporting: Edmundo Cruz.
Aug 24, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Levi and Liz Mineo
Countdown in Managua Countdown in Managua
A river of people, 19,000 workers, packed ten or twelve across, pours slowly through a bazaar of hawkers toward the gates of the Las Mercedes Free Trade Zone, about a mile from M...
Aug 24, 2000 / Feature / Robert J.S. Ross and Charles Kernaghan
Putin’s Choice Putin’s Choice
Vladimir Putin has been Russia's President for seven months, but there is no agreement in Moscow as to who he is or what kind of leader he will be.
Jul 13, 2000 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pulling Back the Veil on Condor Pulling Back the Veil on Condor
For three years, from 1975 through 1977, the countries in what is known as the Southern Cone of South America underwent a human rights crime wave unprecedented before or since in...
Jul 13, 2000 / Feature / John Dinges
‘Give Peace a Chance’–While the Fools Fight On ‘Give Peace a Chance’–While the Fools Fight On
When it comes to world politics, the best Beatle was right.
Jun 22, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Does President Bush Have the Guts to Abandon a Bad Idea? Does President Bush Have the Guts to Abandon a Bad Idea?
Despite early stumbles, George W. Bush has the potential to be an effective foreign policy president. But his willingness to back off from the "Star Wars" missile defense, which ...
Jun 19, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Southern Lebanon Waits Southern Lebanon Waits
The final confrontation between Hezbollah and Israeli troops will stand alongside Anwar Sadat's 1977 arrival in Jerusalem and the extraordinary handshake (fatal for Yitzhak Rab...
Jun 8, 2000 / Robert Fisk