World

In the Black(water) In the Black(water)

Hurricane victims are still homeless in New Orleans, but thanks to the federal government's $30 million contract bonanza, Blackwater USA's profits are soaring.

May 22, 2006 / Editorial / Jeremy Scahill

The Scramble for Oil The Scramble for Oil

The Bush Administration's warm embrace of the Equatorial Guinea's despotic President Teodoro Mbasogo demonstrates how low it will go in pursuit of oil.

May 18, 2006 / Feature / Cora Currier

Wind From the Mideast Wind From the Mideast

"The Road to Damascus" explores the strange, the beautiful and the uncanny in Syrian cinema.

May 18, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Dead Souls Dead Souls

Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, written during the cultural renaissance that followed the Mexican Revolution, is a marvel of storytelling and testament to the power of the word.

May 18, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Carmen Boullosa

George & Tony’s Not So Excellent Adventure George & Tony’s Not So Excellent Adventure

If democracy represents the will of the people, then there is either something wrong with democracy in the United States and Britain or something wrong with the people on both side...

May 18, 2006 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

The Red Flag, From Berlin to West Bengal The Red Flag, From Berlin to West Bengal

The left may be a dusty relic in Germany, but in the Indian state of Kerala, it has made formidable gains on a platform of reform and smart economic policies.

May 18, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

The Insecurity State The Insecurity State

Americans are now caught in a security paradox: We expect the government to protect us, but its responses make us feel even more insecure.

May 18, 2006 / Editorial / Donald W. Shriver Jr.

In the Black(water) In the Black(water)

Tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims remain without homes. The environment is devastated. People are disenfranchised. Financial resources, desperate residents are tol...

May 17, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Hawks for Withdrawal Hawks for Withdrawal

As centrist Democrats slowly but surely unite around a plan for military withdrawal from Iraq that is heavy with hawkish reasoning, what are the implications for the peace movement...

May 17, 2006 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Using Soccer to Kick Iran Using Soccer to Kick Iran

To World Cup aficionados, soccer is a beautiful game, but to ideologues in the United States and Europe, it's a convenient political weapon against Iran's nuclear ambitions. Talk a...

May 16, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin and John Cox

x