World

Syria’s Dangerous Gambits Syria’s Dangerous Gambits

Ostracized by the Bush Administration, Syria is flirting with rogue status. But if Washington restarts dialogue, there is plenty of room for common ground.

Nov 12, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi

Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream

A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.

Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rashi Kesarwani

Latin America’s Shock Resistance Latin America’s Shock Resistance

Recent events in the region show how societies can recover from extreme capitalism.

Nov 8, 2007 / Feature / Naomi Klein

Fukú Americanus Fukú Americanus

Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony

Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.

Nov 8, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Reading Lincoln in Pakistan Reading Lincoln in Pakistan

Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln's mantle, but no one is fooled.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

All Cowboys Out Now All Cowboys Out Now

Firms like Blackwater operate in a demand-based industry, and it is this demand that must be cut off.

Nov 8, 2007 / Editorial / Jeremy Scahill

Musharraf’s Emergency Musharraf’s Emergency

If the United States is so keen on spreading democracy and fighting radical Islamists, why does it continue to back a leader who has suspended the Constitution and gone to war with...

Nov 8, 2007 / Editorial / Graham Usher

Our Man in Pakistan Our Man in Pakistan

Gen. Pervez Musharraf turns out to be just another crummy dictator. But he's our dictator--using the $10 billion in US aid to jail judges and lawyers, and give shelter Al Qaeda and...

Nov 7, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Who Lost Pakistan? Who Lost Pakistan?

How often can the Bush Administration be caught off guard by the consequences of its own actions? Endlessly, it seems.

Nov 6, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

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