The Iraq Study Group: A Fatal Flaw

The Iraq Study Group report is a stunning rebuke of Bush's Iraq policy. But its central premise--that the US can support the nonexistent Iraqi government and bolster its viciously ...

Bob Dreyfuss

A Fair and Square Vote in Venezuela

A New York judge, invited to observe the Venezuelan presidential election, discovers a functional democracy, reliable electronic-voting technology and a passionate, engaged elec...

Emily Jane Goodman

John Bolton’s Greatest Hits

Exactly how much damage did John Bolton do during his tenure at the United Nations? Let us count the ways.

Ian Williams

Draining the Gene Pool

A plant gene that could protect organic crops from contamination from genetically engineered seeds is out of reach to most organic farmers, thanks to an agribusiness patent.

Lisa M. Hamilton

Breathing While Black

A young black man and an elderly black woman each die in a hail of police bullets; a comedian invokes the era of lynching--suddenly it feels like a crime to be caught breathing whi...

Christopher Rabb

Beginning of the End

The Iraq Study Group report comes too late for the 600,000 people who died in carnage that is likely to worsen. It won't satisfy the antiwar movement because it sets no timetable f...

Bob Dreyfuss

Mad Mel and the Maya

Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.

Earl Shorris

Latinos Lean Left: Bringing Down the GOP’s Big Tent

Latino voters walked away from the GOP in the midterm elections, a payback for the party's ruthlessly anti-immigrant stance.

Roberto Lovato

Getting Out

The foreign policy establishment knows the Iraq War is lost, but the search for an acceptable exit strategy has only just begun.

Bob Dreyfuss

Suga Mama, Politicized

Beyoncé Knowles's sexed-up club jam B'Day is also an odd, urgent, dissonant and disruptive personal and political statement.

Daphne A. Brooks

Unhappy Meal

Stuart Klawans reviews Fast Food Nation, a film that aspires to activism as it undermines its own anticorporate message.

Stuart Klawans

In Palestine, a Dream Deferred

Two new books explore fundamental Palestinian and Israeli concerns: The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi considers the Palestinians’ failure to achieve sovereignty, and One Co...