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How Liberia Held ‘Free’ Elections How Liberia Held ‘Free’ Elections

Votes are now being counted in the first truly free election in Liberia's troubled history. It's a far cry from the 1986 election, which dictatorial Samuel Doe fraudulently "won" b...

Oct 13, 2005 / Feature / Michael Massing

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Oct 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Dalton Trumbo

The Red Cross: A Question of Competence The Red Cross: A Question of Competence

The Gulf Coast hurricanes have raised new questions about the integrity and competence of the American Red Cross to respond to national emergencies. In this report from The Nation...

Sep 21, 2005 / Feature / Linda Heller

Democracy in the Andes Democracy in the Andes

It appears a grass-roots movement has started in Bolivia, which may ultimately prove more important than the ups and downs of any one party.

Jun 22, 2005 / Feature / William Rosenberg

Tug of War Tug of War

The reality of America's role in the cold war was far more complex and ambiguous than historical accounts suggest.

Jun 16, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich

How Deep Throat Fooled the FBI How Deep Throat Fooled the FBI

During the most heated moments of the Watergate scandal, W. Mark Felt was assigned the mission of unearthing and stopping Deep Throat.

Jun 14, 2005 / Feature / David Corn and Jeff Goldberg

The Cool War The Cool War

The US government employed jazz musicians as ambassadors to the world during the cold war.

Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton

Sweeping Up the Aliens Sweeping Up the Aliens

A trial that will begin on March 8 in Tucson, Ariz. may have far-reaching political and legal consequences throughout the United States.

May 24, 2005 / Feature / Mark Day

Radio Invades Journalism Radio Invades Journalism

THANKS in part to the skill with which members of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association keep their right hands from knowing what their left hands do, the American peo...

May 5, 2005 / Feature / Isabelle Keating

The New Environment of Foreign Aid The New Environment of Foreign Aid

Foreign aid is not dead but it seemed so last month, as the International Development Conference (a meeting of foreign aid experts that has been held in fifteen of the last twenty ...

Apr 14, 2005 / Feature / Richard Critchfield

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