Gaza Notebook Gaza Notebook
Israel's assault on Gaza is radicalizing mainstream Muslim opinion. And regardless how this war ends, Hamas will likely emerge a more powerful force than before.
Jan 16, 2009 / Feature / Fawaz A. Gerges
Slumdog President Slumdog President
Many Indians believe Obama's victory makes all things possible for people of color--but for all the good will, there is little mention of India's ever-present racism.
Jan 15, 2009 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Germany’s Turkish Obama Germany’s Turkish Obama
Might a Deutschturke one day become chancellor of Germany? The prospect lies in the distant future.
Jan 15, 2009 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Italy’s New Racism Italy’s New Racism
Once upon a time, this Catholic country prided itself that Italians were brava gente, good people and tolerant. No more.
Jan 15, 2009 / Feature / Frederika Randall
Echoes of South African Redemption Echoes of South African Redemption
If the last great redemptive moment in global politics was Nelson Mandela's liberation and ascent to power, Barack Obama's presidency will be the next.
Jan 15, 2009 / Feature / Mark Gevisser
What Obama Means to the World What Obama Means to the World
Coming to terms with a black American not as a symbol of protest, but as a symbol of power.
Jan 15, 2009 / Feature / Gary Younge
Ten Things You Can Do About the War in Congo Ten Things You Can Do About the War in Congo
What you can do about the war in the Congo.
Jan 15, 2009 / The Nation
Bob Herbert Questions Obama’s Afghanistan Policy Bob Herbert Questions Obama’s Afghanistan Policy
The New York Times columnist compares Obama's current Afghanistan strategy to JFK's escalation of Vietnam in the early 1960s.
Jan 15, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Das Boot: The Unsinkable Warmonger Das Boot: The Unsinkable Warmonger
After the way they goaded us into an epic military disaster, why do media warmongers still have jobs?
Grieving Over Gaza Grieving Over Gaza
Some of us, as Israelis, are grieving over what we have become. Blaming the other side with a roster of rehearsed clichés cannot mitigate the grief.
Jan 14, 2009 / Anat Biletzki