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Stirrings in Kabul Stirrings in Kabul

Several weeks on from the loya jirga national council, the streets of Kabul have an extra bustle. Whereas in January the place was deserted by 6 pm, now the curfew has been extend...

Aug 15, 2002 / Anthony Borden and J. West

Who Owns Water? Who Owns Water?

Privatization must be stopped, and water declared the common property of all.

Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke

Water Apartheid Water Apartheid

In South Africa, the only country in the world where people's right to water is actually written into the Constitution, the townships surrounding cities like Johannesburg and Durb...

Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke

Fight-Back in Bolivia Fight-Back in Bolivia

In 1998 the World Bank notified the Bolivian government that it would refuse to guarantee a $25 million loan to refinance water services in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba unless ...

Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke

Gilded Age II Gilded Age II

How did it all start? What triggered the 1990s political corruption, its inequality in wealth and its stock market bubble? This is the decade that Kevin Phillips rails against in ...

Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Alice H. Amsden

The Mayor of My Hometown The Mayor of My Hometown

It's only August, but I'll go out on a limb and congratulate the Village Voice's Keith Harris for what I feel confident will stand the test of time as the stupidest comment of ...

Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Beauty Tips and Politics Beauty Tips and Politics

Hot media news: Women want hard-hitting reports on issues that affect them.

Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Sandler

Who’s On PFIAB-A Bush Secret…Or Not? UPDATED Who’s On PFIAB-A Bush Secret…Or Not? UPDATED

Who's on Piffiab? Anyone concerned with spying, clandestine actions, and the war on terrorism should care about the answer. But is the Bush Administration, ...

Aug 15, 2002 / David Corn

Who’s On PFIAB?–A New Bush Secret Who’s On PFIAB?–A New Bush Secret

Who's on Piffiab? It's a question anyone concerned with spying, clandestine actions, and the war on terrorism should be asking. But the Bush Administration,...

Aug 14, 2002 / David Corn

Fast Track Votes Show Where Democrats Really Stand Fast Track Votes Show Where Democrats Really Stand

In barely 18 months, the identity of the Democratic challenger to President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election will have been determined. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ter...

Aug 12, 2002 / John Nichols

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