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
Why War, Inc. Works Why War, Inc. Works
John Cusack's War, Inc. takes on a seldom-discussed aspect of the occupation: the corporate dominance of the US war machine.
May 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Scahill
Gay Marriage Ruling Launches a Larger Fight Gay Marriage Ruling Launches a Larger Fight
Champagne corks are popping in the Castro and West Hollywood, but elsewhere in America, the fight is just beginning.
May 15, 2008 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta
Haiti on the ‘Death Plan’ Haiti on the ‘Death Plan’
Protesters decry high food prices--and the savage cost of "free trade" agreements.
May 15, 2008 / Feature / Reed Lindsay
Manufacturing a Food Crisis Manufacturing a Food Crisis
How "free trade" is destroying Third World agriculture--and who's fighting back.
May 15, 2008 / Feature / Walden Bello
Is the Party Over? Is the Party Over?
In the past two years, the GOP's dream of a permanent majority has become a nightmare.
May 15, 2008 / Feature / Eyal Press