While We Slept While We Slept
A new book on the history of Western complicity in Iraq takes an unsparing look at how the first Bush and Clinton administrations set the stage for disaster.
May 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stanley I. Kutler
Outsourcing the War Outsourcing the War
Testimony to Congress on the impact of private military contractors in Iraq.
May 11, 2007 / Video / Jeremy Scahill
The New Face of Warfare The New Face of Warfare
Child soldiering has become a defining feature of modern warfare. And the United States has been all too complicit in the trend.
May 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas
‘Democracy’ Is Hell ‘Democracy’ Is Hell
In a gruesome marriage of technology and medieval barbarity, an Internet video records the stoning death of a 17-year-old Kurdish girl. Welcome to the new Iraq.
May 10, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt
France à Droite France à Droite
Under Sarkozy, France will lose much égalité and fraternité. Let's hope liberté is not diminished as well.
May 10, 2007 / Editorial / André Schiffrin
Revolutionary Devotion Revolutionary Devotion
Communism, Catholicism and radical Modernism meet on the dissecting table of César Vallejo's poetry.
May 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Roberto González Echevarría
Open Letter to Prince Harry Open Letter to Prince Harry
Be a prince of peace: Don't go to Iraq.
May 2, 2007 / Editorial / Amir Soltani Sheikoleslami
Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy
Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.
May 2, 2007 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George Tenet’s Evasions George Tenet’s Evasions
His new memoir proves how hard it is to tell the truth about oneself, but how easy it is to blame others.
May 2, 2007 / Editorial / David Corn
Showdown on the War Showdown on the War
Despite the Administration's crude and dishonest attacks on efforts to end the war, Congressional Democrats can't back down now.
May 2, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors