Consuming Desires Consuming Desires
Thank You for Smoking praises the professional hucksters of the cigarette companies, and Duck Season is a road movie in which the scenery doesn't change.
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Unborn in the USA Unborn in the USA
In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusa...
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin
The Dream Life The Dream Life
In The Power of Movies, Colin McGinn asserts that films are the medium best suited to imitate the workings of the dreaming mind.
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gilberto Perez
The Great Black Hope The Great Black Hope
Taylor Branch concludes his staggering trilogy of the civil rights era with At Canaan's Edge, a relentlessly detailed narrative of Martin Luther King's desperate struggle to save t...
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Early
Can You Say ‘Permanent Bases’? Can You Say ‘Permanent Bases’?
Despite recent press visits, the building of bases in Iraq has not come under much scrutiny. If Congress and opposition Democrats continue to ignore the issue, there will be no wit...
Mar 9, 2006 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Democrats: When the War Was Lost Democrats: When the War Was Lost
It's no surprise to learn that oil companies are underpaying royalties for drilling on public land, or projecting profits in the billions. The battle for energy regulation was lost...
Mar 9, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Democrats: Still Ducking The Democrats: Still Ducking
Eight months ahead of the 2006 midterm vote, Democrats are either ignoring Iraq or supporting the war while criticizing Bush's prosecution of it. But it's not too late to mount a s...
Mar 9, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
Afghanistan: The Other War Afghanistan: The Other War
Despite Bush's feel-good rhetoric, the United States has done little to help Afghanistan, leaving the impression of abandonment. Meanwhile, European troops work hard to build bridg...
Mar 9, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti
‘Nation’ Notes ‘Nation’ Notes
PHOTO NATION. With this issue, we begin a new series, Photo Nation. The first photo essay and accompanying text are by Eugene Richards, a photojournalist and filmmaker, is the ...
Mar 9, 2006 / The Editors
Helping China’s Censors Helping China’s Censors
The Global Online Freedom Act should be the beginning of a conversation about what needs to be done to prevent US Internet and technology firms from contradicting American values.
Mar 9, 2006 / Rebecca MacKinnon