Selling Human Rights in Russia Selling Human Rights in Russia
Russian human rights activist Gregory Shvedov examines how Vladimir Putin's tactics toward Chechnya align with George W. Bush's "global war on terror."
Mar 1, 2006 / Feature / Michelle Risley
The Dubai Farce The Dubai Farce
What a farce: The Dubai Ports deal shows Bush is willing to trust the Arab-owned Dubai Ports to manage our harbors, even as he scapegoats them as culprits in his war on terror.
Mar 1, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Where Are the Good Americans? Where Are the Good Americans?
When the day comes for America to be judged for its war on terror and the human rights crimes that have been done in the name of its citizens, who can say they stood up and said no...
Feb 28, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Olympic Swagger Olympic Swagger
Swagger was America's chosen posture at the Winter Olympics. Once again, sport imitated life: boasting got us nowhere at the Turin games or in the world.
Feb 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
Free Trade Planet Free Trade Planet
The uproar over the Dubai Ports deal ignores the obvious consequences of the free trade that American politicians of both parties have pushed for decades. Like it or not, we have t...
Feb 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Hard Times in the Big Easy Hard Times in the Big Easy
The American economy cannot function without migrant labor. The paradox is the country's political culture cannot function without scapegoating immigrants.
Feb 26, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
America’s Online Censors America’s Online Censors
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are under fire from Congress for helping China censor and prosecute political dissidents. But a proposed law to guide technology companie...
Feb 24, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca MacKinnon
Bloggers at the Gate Bloggers at the Gate
Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, a k a MyDD and Daily Kos, propose to revive the Democratic Party with a technology-driven "bloodless coup."
Feb 24, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Dubai Ports flap is bogus, but it's fun to see Democrats and Republicans frothing in unison. Hysteria has defined the Bush presidency; now the fearmonger-in-chief is getting a ...
Feb 23, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
Princeton Tilts Right Princeton Tilts Right
Robert George, the conservative movement's favorite professor, exerts his influence.
Feb 23, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal