Hugo Chávez and Petro Populism Hugo Chávez and Petro Populism
What Venezuela's revolution is made of.
Mar 24, 2005 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Dirty Politics, Foul Air Dirty Politics, Foul Air
At Pittsburgh's Jefferson Elementary School, which overlooks the dark gray plumes from two electric power plants, there are so many children with asthma the school nurse alphabet...
Feb 24, 2005 / Rebecca Clarren
The UN ‘Scandal’ Report The UN ‘Scandal’ Report
Conservatives' persistent complaints about the United Nations' alleged lack of transparency are belied by the Interim Report of Paul Volcker's Independent Inquiry Committee into ...
Feb 10, 2005 / Ian Williams
The Politics of Water in Bolivia The Politics of Water in Bolivia
Once again, World Bank water policy is challenged by the poorest.
Jan 28, 2005 / Feature / Jim Shultz
A Challenge to Enviros A Challenge to Enviros
America's environmental movement has failed and should die as soon as possible so something better can take its place.
Dec 16, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’ UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’
The CIA's Duelfer report may have confirmed the gross falsity of the WMD claims invoked by the Bush Administration to justify its war against Iraq, but it has also triggered a fe...
Nov 18, 2004 / Joy Gordon
Crude Awakening Crude Awakening
On January 9, 2004, Royal Dutch/Shell, one of the world's largest publicly traded oil companies, shocked the international financial community by announcing that it had overstate...
Oct 21, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare
Climate, the Absent Issue Climate, the Absent Issue
Every once in a while there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year's Nobel Peace Prizewinner is one suc...
Oct 14, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
It’s a Baker Botts World It’s a Baker Botts World
When the Bushes need a fixer, they turn to James Baker III. He and his firm benefit.
Sep 23, 2004 / Feature / Robert Bryce
All Creatures Great and Small All Creatures Great and Small
It was an odd dream: The Bush twins were ten feet tall and peering in my window. They were snickering. "We had a hamster too..." they were saying, as though it were the merriest ...
Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams