Big Bucks in Iraq Big Bucks in Iraq
In early October, Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council awarded the country's first mobile phone licenses to three companies from the Middle East.
Oct 23, 2003 / Tim Shorrock
Many Peaces, One War Many Peaces, One War
Iraq lies in ruin, the US military occupation is generating a sustained guerrilla resistance, crime is rampant in Baghdad and an Iraqi civil war along ethnic and religious line...
Oct 23, 2003 / Christian Parenti
The Growing Disquiet The Growing Disquiet
In the end, George W. Bush got Congress to approve the $87 billion he insisted on for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.
Oct 23, 2003 / The Editors
Help Save Reproductive Rights Help Save Reproductive Rights
The Senate voted Tuesday to ban so-called "partial-birth" abortions, marking the end of eight years of legislative skirmishes and the beginning of a major court battle, which cou...
Oct 23, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Letters Letters
LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE RED? Washington, DC
Oct 22, 2003 / Victor Navasky and Our Readers
Bolivia’s Protests of Hope Bolivia’s Protests of Hope
The latest installment in the battle over privatization in Latin America.
Oct 22, 2003 / Feature / Jimmy Langman
Bush’s Assaults on Women–Updated Bush’s Assaults on Women–Updated
Since George W. Bush arrived in DC, he has been waging a not-so-quiet war against women and families, as I detailed in a recent weblog. Now, Bush has vowed to sign into law...
Oct 22, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George W.’s Secret Birthday Message to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. George W.’s Secret Birthday Message to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
What with the Bush White House leaking like a sieve these days, it wasn't difficult to obtain a copy of George W.'s secret birthday message to the venerable historian and former ...
Oct 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Just ‘Frat-Boy Behavior’? Just ‘Frat-Boy Behavior’?
California's opportunist attorney general looks past the allegations against Schwarzenegger.
Oct 21, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer