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June 5, 2006 Issue

John Gray reviews Martha Nussbaum’s Frontiers of Justice, Alexander Cockburn looks at the rising left in India, Jeremy Scahill uncover…

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Editorial

In Fact…

ENEMY OF THE STATE

The Editors

In the Black(water)

Hurricane victims are still homeless in New Orleans, but thanks to the federal government's $30 million contract bonanza, Blackwater USA's profits are soaring.

Jeremy Scahill

The Insecurity State

Americans are now caught in a security paradox: We expect the government to protect us, but its responses make us feel even more insecure.

Donald W. Shriver Jr.

The False Bird Flu Scare

The United States has fueled a worldwide overreaction to the threat of a bird flu pandemic, putting AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and other crucial global health programs at risk.

Dr. Marc Siegel

The Wiretapping Tango

The NSA surveillance scandal raises questions about whether phone companies will become pawns of an Administration bent on expanding its power.

Bruce Shapiro

Phone Spies

Democrats in Congress must press for a full investigation of NSA phone call surveillance and prove that the rule of law is an asset, not an obstacle, to national security.

The Editors

Column

Heckuva Job

Desperate to report progress in Iraq Bush boasts that the newest Iraqi leader has taken his phone call twice. Wow. And it only cost $200 billion and thousands of dead and maimed Am...

Robert Scheer

Surveillance for Sale?

It's outrageous enough that the NSA is secretly monitoring Americans' calling patterns. But has anyone considered what would happen if unscrupulous monitors sold that information t...

Nicholas von Hoffman

George & Tony’s Not So Excellent Adventure

If democracy represents the will of the people, then there is either something wrong with democracy in the United States and Britain or something wrong with the people on both side...

Gary Younge

The Red Flag, From Berlin to West Bengal

The left may be a dusty relic in Germany, but in the Indian state of Kerala, it has made formidable gains on a platform of reform and smart economic policies.

Alexander Cockburn

Reassurance on Phone Call Records…

Calvin Trillin

Letters

'MAKE THE PIE HIGHER'

Redmond, Wash.

Our Readers and Ronald Aronson

Feature

Seeking Justice Where There Is No Peace

As conditions worsen in Darfur, the nascent International Criminal Court, whose mandate is to bring genocidaires to justice in a chaotic environment hostile to the rule of l...

Anja Tranovich

‘Why Can’t We?’

Confronting the forces of war, genocide and lawlessness begins with the belief that individual citizens have the power--and the responsibility--to focus our government's mind, chan...

Samantha Power

Bitter Wine for Israel’s Bedouins

Israel's plans for a series of farms and wineries designed to draw tourists to the Negev Desert is the latest insult to its marginalized Bedouin population.

Neve Gordon

The Scramble for Oil

The Bush Administration's warm embrace of the Equatorial Guinea's despotic President Teodoro Mbasogo demonstrates how low it will go in pursuit of oil.

Cora Currier

The Race to Replace Arnold: Running on Empty

The limp grassroots response to Democratic gubernatorial candidates reveals that the plummeting popularity of one party doesn't automatically translate into support for the other.

Marc Cooper