Mixed Blessing Mixed Blessing
Obama calls for direct dialogue and new trade deals with Latin America, but continued counterinsurgency in Columbia, tensions with Venezuela.
May 25, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
War of Words War of Words
An argument over how US officials should speak about terrorism bodes ill for this political season.
Torturing Iron Man Torturing Iron Man
The Pentagon does a star turn in Iron Man, and the summer blockbuster turns the realities of the war in Afganistan upside down. Will anyone notice?
May 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville
In this 2008 interview, neither time nor age had blunted Berrigan’s fierce critique of American empire and his radical interpretation of the Gospels.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Chris Hedges
Bush’s Islamist Enemies List Bush’s Islamist Enemies List
By conflating Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, the President displays his ignorance--and could be laying the groundwork for attacks by Israel on Hamas and Hezbollah.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
China’s Inauspicious Year China’s Inauspicious Year
China's response to the earthquake and other calamities of 2008 challenges the West to rethink its prejudices.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
The Fight of His Life The Fight of His Life
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, diagnosed today with a malignant brain tumor, is sidelined at the moment his party is poised to realize the causes and ideals he has promoted for so long...
May 20, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols
FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger
Research subjects in developing countries--often the poorest, the sickest and with the fewest options--become more vulnerable.
May 19, 2008 / Feature / Sonia Shah
Wheels Within Wheels Wheels Within Wheels
This week in Citizen Kang, a gun is brandished, feelings get hurt, clandestine meetings are suggested, and the watcher is watched.
May 19, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Dollar-Driven Recruiting Dollar-Driven Recruiting
The Department of Defense has dramatically increased its military recruitment budget, but where will the troops come from?
May 16, 2008 / Feature / Allen McDuffee