The Young and the Damned The Young and the Damned
Paradise Now explores the bond among suicide bombers; The Squid and the Whale brings two monstrously large characters to human scale and The President's Last Bang is nastily effici...
Oct 19, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
How Liberia Held ‘Free’ Elections How Liberia Held ‘Free’ Elections
Votes are now being counted in the first truly free election in Liberia's troubled history. It's a far cry from the 1986 election, which dictatorial Samuel Doe fraudulently "won" b...
Oct 13, 2005 / Feature / Michael Massing
The Virtues of Gas Guzzling The Virtues of Gas Guzzling
Gas-guzzling can be a revolutionary experience, like puffing Montecristo cigars, now that Citgo's 1,800 gas stations and eight oil refineries passed into the hands of Venezuela's n...
Oct 13, 2005 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Letter From the Philippines Letter From the Philippines
"People power" in the Philippines is running out of steam. The political system is corrupt, Washington is micro-managing the economy and civil society, cynicism is rampant. But a f...
Oct 12, 2005 / Feature / Walden Bello
Protest and Pushback on Campus Protest and Pushback on Campus
Student protests against the presence of military recruiters on campus are on the rise. So are angry--sometimes violent--pushbacks from conservative students and campus police.
What Iraqis Really Think About the Occupation What Iraqis Really Think About the Occupation
From the beginning, the Iraq War has been driven by perceptions. Why do mainstream media continue to avoid reporting that a majority of Iraqis want US occupation forces to leave?
Oct 11, 2005 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Killing of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos The Killing of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
When the FBI hunted down and killed one of its most wanted fugitives in September, outrage over the botched operation may have energized the Puerto Rican independence movement.
Oct 7, 2005 / Feature / Félix Jiménez
Rearranging the Furniture Rearranging the Furniture
For prose scholar Viktor Shklovsky, who lived by the code of style and studied its depths, an unhappy love affair can be as much a personal tragedy as a plot device for more writin...
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Elif Batuman
Why Is Africa Still Poor? Why Is Africa Still Poor?
As Asian countries grow in economic power, Africa lags behind the developed world. Can it ever catch up? Will corruption, geography and disease continue to hold it back?
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice
Revving Up the China Threat Revving Up the China Threat
The Bush Administration's stance on China has gone from worry about their economic strength and oil consumption to full-on preparation for a new cold war.
Oct 6, 2005 / Feature / Michael T. Klare