Soccer Lions of Mesopotamia Soccer Lions of Mesopotamia
Don't buy the argument that Iraq's triumph in the Asian Cup is a miracle moment brought to you by Uncle Sam.
Jul 31, 2007 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter
Whatever These People Are On, I Want Some Whatever These People Are On, I Want Some
Who knew what kind of people would be drawn to hop a cruise ship plying the glacial waters off the coast of Alaska to talk about--politics?
Jul 31, 2007 / Feature / Annabelle Gurwitch
President Rudy President Rudy
How much worse a president would Rudy Giuliani be than George W. Bush? Author Kevin Baker counts the ways.
Jul 30, 2007 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Israel’s Intrepid Peacemakers Israel’s Intrepid Peacemakers
Their numbers are dwindling, they're low on money and face potential violence and certain prosecution. But Israeli anarchists continue to stand with embattled Palestinians.
Jul 30, 2007 / Feature / Neve Gordon
I Didn’t Throw Ralph Nader Overboard I Didn’t Throw Ralph Nader Overboard
In her latest shipboard dispatch, one passenger resists fear of global warming, is charmed by Rocky Anderson and manages not to do what so many others have contemplated.
Jul 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annabelle Gurwitch
NBA: When Fans Blow the Whistle NBA: When Fans Blow the Whistle
Smelling blood in the unfolding Tim Donaghy scandal, some sports fans have embarked their own rabid brand of investigative journalism on--where else?--YouTube.
Jul 27, 2007 / Feature / Mark Japinga
The Making of No End in Sight The Making of No End in Sight
Charles Ferguson answers questions about his gripping new documentary that takes aim at those who took us to war in Iraq.
Jul 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Olympic Dreams and Nightmares Olympic Dreams and Nightmares
In the best of all possible worlds, 8-8-08 will be the luckiest of dates for China, as the Olympic Games put the country on display. Or it could become a real nightmare.
Jul 26, 2007 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
The Missing Class The Missing Class
Sociologist Katherine Newman talks about the "near poor," that vast pool of workers who are neither officially destitute nor comfortably working-class.
Jul 26, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press
A Grassroots Social Forum A Grassroots Social Forum
For 10,000 grassroots organizers at the first US Social Forum in Atlanta, the orations were secular and the pulpit was political.
Jul 26, 2007 / Feature / Darryl Lorenzo Wellington