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May 1, 2006 Issue

Frederika Randall contemplates the end of Berlusconi, Jonathan Cook looks at how US media echoes Bush Administration rhetoric on Latin Ameri…

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Editorial

Remember ‘The Jungle’!

As Upton Sinclair's novel turns 100, it reminds us that the best way to nurture pride in America is to see its underbelly--and tell the truth about it.

Kevin Mattson

In Fact…

LES JEUNES--UNE VICTOIRE!

The Editors

The End of Berlusconi?

Recent elections see Italy divided as it has not been since 1948, but Romano Prodi has reason to be confident that his center-left coalition will prevail.

Frederika Randall

$13,700 an Hour

The Democratic Party needs to reset its moral compass and close the gap between workers' pay and CEO salary by raising the minimum wage.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hu’s ‘State Visit’

The visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao underscores the deteriorating US-China relationship, yet the Bush Administration is making matters worse with diplomatic insults to the Ch...

Peter Kwong

The Leak and the ‘Truth’

If President Bush wants to tell the truth to the American public, he can make Cheney, Rove and Libby come clean about their role in the Plame affair.

David Corn

Suppressing the N.O. Vote

Fewer than half of New Orleans's black voters will be able to participate in upcoming city elections, thanks to passive opposition from the Bush Administration and listless advocac...

The Editors

Column

Bush Blunders Go Nuclear

Bush's nutty nuclear braggadocio on Iran is a sign of weakness, not strength, proof that his five-year Administration is an abysmal failure.

Robert Scheer

Talking Points for a Nuclear Strike

If the Bush Administration is serious about dropping an atomic bomb on Iran, it's really going to have to work on selling the concept.

Nicholas von Hoffman

AIPAC’s Complaint

Analytical weaknesses in a controversial academic paper on the impact of the "Israel lobby" on US Mideast policy hinder its authors' attempt to pierce the wall of ignorance and int...

Eric Alterman

A Short History of the Pads of Brillo

Martians visiting planet Earth are mystified by the racist ruckus over Representative Cynthia McKinney's hair.

Patricia J. Williams

If This Isn’t War

Calvin Trillin

Letters

'DRAGON SLAYER' NO SAINT GEORGE?

Palo Alto, Calif.

Mark Hertsgaard and Our Readers and Max Blumenthal

Feature

China’s Internal Crisis

The Pentagon casts China as the Next Big Threat, but the Chinese regime is a far greater threat to its unmoored and angry citizens. China's unbridled economic expansion has also be...

Stephen Glain

Palazzo Papers, Anyone?

As Prime Minister-elect Romano Prodi take the reins of power, Italians should seek evidence of Berlusconi's true role in the run-up to the Iraq War.

Steve Cobble

Peru’s Populist Gamble

Can Peruvian presidential hopeful Ollanta Humala shed his authoritarian image and chart a new course for his country?

Mark Engler

Tax Refund Scheme Targets the Working Poor

Corporate tax preparers like H&R Block continue to target taxpayers hungry for rapid refunds with questionable loans.

Bernice Yeung

The Theocratic Inclinations of the Republican Electorate

When it comes to mixing God and government, conservatives differ greatly from the rest of the electorate.

Kevin Phillips

Media Assault on Latin America

US media coverage of the rise of the Latin American left is an echo of the Bush Administration's simplistic, knee-jerk rhetoric.

Jonathan Cook

Latin America’s New Consensus

Latin America's new leftist leaders are making deals that threaten US dominance in the region.

Greg Grandin

Theocons and Theocrats

The infusion of religion into American politics has become the GOP's Achilles' heel, turning the Republican Party of Lincoln into the party of theocracy.

Kevin Phillips

The Case Against Coke

A global, grassroots campaign against Coca-Cola is using product bans and lawsuits to shed light on the corporate giant's exploitation and brutality in Colombia, India and elsewher...

Michael Blanding