Latin America’s Shock Resistance Latin America’s Shock Resistance
Recent events in the region show how societies can recover from extreme capitalism.
Nov 8, 2007 / Feature / Naomi Klein
Fukú Americanus Fukú Americanus
Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony
Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.
Nov 8, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Reading Lincoln in Pakistan Reading Lincoln in Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln's mantle, but no one is fooled.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Musharraf’s Emergency Musharraf’s Emergency
If the United States is so keen on spreading democracy and fighting radical Islamists, why does it continue to back a leader who has suspended the Constitution and gone to war with...
Nov 8, 2007 / Graham Usher
Our Man in Pakistan Our Man in Pakistan
Gen. Pervez Musharraf turns out to be just another crummy dictator. But he's our dictator--using the $10 billion in US aid to jail judges and lawyers, and give shelter Al Qaeda and...
Nov 7, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Who Lost Pakistan? Who Lost Pakistan?
How often can the Bush Administration be caught off guard by the consequences of its own actions? Endlessly, it seems.
Nov 6, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Playtime Playtime
The Surrealist dissident Raymond Queneau turned his writings into a lab for his experiments, and the results are still exhilarating.
Nov 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Mark Polizzotti
The View From Jantar Mantar The View From Jantar Mantar
The contradictions of parliamentary democracy in India have been a constant source of struggle and rich debate.
Nov 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Basharat Peer
Jobs, Justice and Democracy Jobs, Justice and Democracy
Mideast policy must include development.
Nov 1, 2007 / Feature / Afshin Molavi