Mumbai’s Casualties Mumbai’s Casualties
The grisly commuter train bombings in Mumbai on July 11 both endangered the India/Pakistan peace process and underscored its fragility.
Jul 27, 2006 / Editorial / Graham Usher
Anger in the Arab World Anger in the Arab World
At best, war in Gaza and Lebanon will weaken pro-American regimes without destroying Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran or Syria. At worst, it will plunge the region into catastrophe.
Jul 27, 2006 / Editorial / Rashid Khalidi
The Fractured Mideast The Fractured Mideast
Bush's Mideast strategy of inaction is a dangerous failure. He must act diplomatically to achieve a cease-fire, prisoner exchange and Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands.
Jul 27, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Take Back Our Country Take Back Our Country
Fighting words from a 98-year-old activist about the power of the people to demand peace and achieve peace justice in these troubled times.
Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Elsie Fox
The US Military Descends on Paraguay The US Military Descends on Paraguay
The US "war on terror" now extends to an unlikely frontier in Paraguay, where farmers are caught in the crossfire and human rights groups are skeptical of the threat posed by Islam...
Jul 12, 2006 / Feature / Benjamin Dangl
Watada, the War and the Law Watada, the War and the Law
Bolstered by a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush Administration's excessive exercise of power, Lieut. Ehren Watada's pending court-martial could help restore the rule of l...
Jul 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Standing Against an Unjust War Standing Against an Unjust War
A Quaker activist explains why the war in Iraq is not only illegal, but morally indefensible.
Stop the Waffling Stop the Waffling
Democrats should take a page from the GOP playbook and back candidates willing to stand up for their values, rather than wasting their money, time and votes on those who won't.
Jul 5, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Shifting Winds on Iraq Shifting Winds on Iraq
Peace sentiments are rising among the American public and even in the much-divided Democrats. What does this mean for electoral politics and for the course of a war that seems to h...
Jul 2, 2006 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Chilling the Press Chilling the Press
Did the New York Times violate the Espionage Act by publishing reports of government secret spying program? A controversial essay in Commentary has provided intellectual ammunition...
Jun 28, 2006 / Editorial / Scott Sherman