Lost in Translation Lost in Translation
Good translators speak for others, not for themselves. So why is a translator for Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman being prosecuted as a co-conspirator?
Apr 27, 2006 / Editorial / David Cole
Key House Panel Votes to Kill Community TV Key House Panel Votes to Kill Community TV
A key House committee--with the support of many Democrats--has approved a measure that eliminates the last remaining government policy insuring local oversight on communications ...
Apr 24, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
A Darker Shade of Noir A Darker Shade of Noir
Walter Mosley's Fortunate Son is a serious novel about intimately connected yet diametrically opposed black and white stepbrothers.
Apr 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau
The Israel Divestment Debate The Israel Divestment Debate
Traditional bonds between Jews and mainline Christians are strained as a concern for Palestinian rights spurs churches to consider divesting from Israeli companies.
Apr 20, 2006 / Feature / Hasdai Westbrook
William Sloane Coffin Jr. William Sloane Coffin Jr.
The Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr. was one of the antiwar movement's most prophetic voices, a man who dedicated his life to the pursuit of peace and justice.
Apr 20, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Divestment and Sudan Divestment and Sudan
The growing campus campaign to force universities to divest from corporations doing business with the Sudanese government is having real impact.
Apr 20, 2006 / Editorial / Sam Graham-Felsen
Joe Strummer, Terrorist? Joe Strummer, Terrorist?
What does it mean that a man was arrested on suspicion of terrorism for singing the lyrics of the Clash's classic "London Calling"?
Apr 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Antonino D’Ambrosio
Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater
Lawsuits by families of soldiers-for-hire killed in Falluja have put a major war profiteer in the cross-hairs.
Apr 19, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
John Yoo’s Tortured Logic John Yoo’s Tortured Logic
The Berkeley law professor's carte blanche constitutionalism was a gift to the Bush Administration, offering legalistic justifications for lawless behavior.
Apr 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes
Media Assault on Latin America Media Assault on Latin America
US media coverage of the rise of the Latin American left is an echo of the Bush Administration's simplistic, knee-jerk rhetoric.
Apr 13, 2006 / Feature / Jonathan Cook