The Question of Kurdistan The Question of Kurdistan
The Kurds have almost no natural resources and suffer from a culture of corruption. But their call for autonomy is a serious threat to the building of a united Iraq.
Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Empty Boots, Ravished Hearts Empty Boots, Ravished Hearts
Rows of plain black boots and empty pairs of baby shoes and dancing slippers are a mute testament to the American soldiers and Iraqi civilians who have perished in Iraq, as shown i...
Oct 21, 2005 / Feature / Shreema Mehta
Protest and Pushback on Campus Protest and Pushback on Campus
Student protests against the presence of military recruiters on campus are on the rise. So are angry--sometimes violent--pushbacks from conservative students and campus police.
Oct 12, 2005 / Ryan Grim
Revving Up the China Threat Revving Up the China Threat
The Bush Administration's stance on China has gone from worry about their economic strength and oil consumption to full-on preparation for a new cold war.
Oct 6, 2005 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Pat Tillman, Our Hero Pat Tillman, Our Hero
War hero and former NFL star Pat Tillman was not the GI Joe icon created by Pentagon spinmeisters. He was a fiercely independent thinker convinced that the war in Iraq was illegal....
Oct 6, 2005 / Dave Zirin
Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment
A recent surge of novels and memoirs reveals for the first time the ways in which Germans suffered from Allied "total war" strategy during World War II.
Sep 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson
From Lynndie England to Shaquille O’Neal From Lynndie England to Shaquille O’Neal
Americans are becoming more hostile by the day to the war in Iraq, the nation is demoralized over official abandonment of the victims of the Gulf Coast storm, but the Democratic Pa...
Sep 29, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Gitmo’s Hunger Strikers Gitmo’s Hunger Strikers
The US military is keeping the ongoing hunger strike and forced feedings of Guantanamo Bay under wraps. And an apathetic American media is showing no interest in exposing the situa...
Sep 29, 2005 / Clive Stafford Smith
Peaceniks Flood DC Peaceniks Flood DC
Last week's antiwar rally in Washington sent a single, unequivocal message: At home and abroad, the Bush Administration is a complete failure.
Sep 29, 2005 / Liza Featherstone
Out of Gas Out of Gas
Before 9/11, the Bush Administration thought tax breaks and environmental deregulation would solve the energy crisis. They were wrong. Now it's time for policies that promote cons...
Sep 29, 2005 / The Editors