CAFTA’s Corpse Revived CAFTA’s Corpse Revived
CAFTA, once presumed dead, is alive and functioning, thanks to White House political sorcery. But a backlash is looming in the United States and abroad.
Mar 1, 2006 / Feature / Mark Engler
The Dubai Farce The Dubai Farce
What a farce: The Dubai Ports deal shows Bush is willing to trust the Arab-owned Dubai Ports to manage our harbors, even as he scapegoats them as culprits in his war on terror.
Mar 1, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush in India: Just Not Welcome Bush in India: Just Not Welcome
Opposition to President Bush's visit to India was so intense that the only public space deemed acceptable for him to deliver a speech is a crumbling old fort that also houses the D...
Mar 1, 2006 / Feature / Arundhati Roy
Olympic Swagger Olympic Swagger
Swagger was America's chosen posture at the Winter Olympics. Once again, sport imitated life: boasting got us nowhere at the Turin games or in the world.
Feb 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
Free Trade Planet Free Trade Planet
The uproar over the Dubai Ports deal ignores the obvious consequences of the free trade that American politicians of both parties have pushed for decades. Like it or not, we have t...
Feb 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
America’s Online Censors America’s Online Censors
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are under fire from Congress for helping China censor and prosecute political dissidents. But a proposed law to guide technology companie...
Feb 24, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca MacKinnon
The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Dubai Ports flap is bogus, but it's fun to see Democrats and Republicans frothing in unison. Hysteria has defined the Bush presidency; now the fearmonger-in-chief is getting a ...
Feb 23, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
The Fight for Haiti The Fight for Haiti
Now that René Préval has been elected Haiti's new president, the question is whether he can move the country forward.
Feb 23, 2006 / Feature / Kathie Klarreich
Challenging Musharraf Challenging Musharraf
Massive protests over the Muhammad cartoons add to the growing sense that Pakistani President-General Pervez Musharraf is losing control.
Feb 23, 2006 / Editorial / Graham Usher
Handling Hamas Handling Hamas
Rather than undermine Hamas, the Bush Administration should accept the results of the Palestinian election and pursue a policy of cautious engagement.
Feb 23, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors