Britain’s Secret Sharers Britain’s Secret Sharers
Barely a month ago Prime Minister Tony Blair looked unstoppable. He'd survived, narrowly, a revolt within his own party over plans to allow universities to charge higher tuition ...
Mar 4, 2004 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
Coup in Haiti Coup in Haiti
For those who know Haitian history, this has been a time of eerie, unhappy déjà vu.
Mar 4, 2004 / Amy Wilentz
The End of the Affair The End of the Affair
It's been a while since Cuba, that caiman-shaped Caribbean isle, ceased to be a place on the map.
Feb 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Achy Obejas
Letter From Paris Letter From Paris
In the form of a law regarding the wearing of the Islamic hijab, women's bodies are a battlefield--again.
Feb 26, 2004 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Undemocratic Process Undemocratic Process
There has been much comment about the take-no-prisoners approach of the Congressional Republican leadership in cramming through the Medicare prescription-drug benefit this past N...
Feb 26, 2004 / Wayne S. Smith
Silence=Rape Silence=Rape
While the world looks the other way, sexual violence spreads in the Congo.
Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Jan Goodwin
Israel’s Failing Wall Israel’s Failing Wall
With the specter of an international boycott looming, Sharon has begun to waver.
Feb 19, 2004 / Hillel Schenker
Letter From Jayyous Letter From Jayyous
A Palestinian farming village is being strangled by Sharon's wall.
Feb 18, 2004 / Feature / David Bloom
Exile and the Kingdom Exile and the Kingdom
The world of letters lost one of its most eloquent voices on January 24, when the Saudi novelist Abdelrahman Munif died in his Damascus exile after a protracted illness.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Tariq Ali
Killing Time Killing Time
From its unification in 1871 until its comprehensive defeat in 1945, Germany was the most bellicose and nationalistic of modern countries.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel