World

Blackwatergate Blackwatergate

Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and his State Department enablers have a lot of explaining to do.

Oct 4, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill

Toothless in Babylon Toothless in Babylon

In the gray dawn of the twenty-first century, only a handful of lawmakers dare to stand up and be counted on matters of war and peace.

Oct 4, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The State Department’s Hired Guns The State Department’s Hired Guns

Why did the State Department tolerate--and pay to conceal--the crimes of its Blackwater guards in Iraq?

Oct 3, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks

Peacemakers from countries that have moved from sectarian strife towards national reconciliation met with Iraq Sunnis and Shi'as in an effort to resolved the crisis.

Sep 28, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden

When Monks Get Mad When Monks Get Mad

If you think the Buddhist monks challenging the military regime in Myanmar are passive and peaceful, think again.

Sep 28, 2007 / Andrew Lam

Protecting the Wiretappers Protecting the Wiretappers

Now that telecommunications giants are shielded from lawsuits for warrantless spying, the Bush Administration is seeking to absolve them of past misdeeds.

Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / Aziz Huq

The Best Wars of Their Lives The Best Wars of Their Lives

A historian plugs some suspicious gaps in two revisionist histories of Vietnam.

Sep 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

Making a Killing Making a Killing

Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?

Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington

As a wounded soldier battles to right a wrong, the cavalry arrives.

Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / Joshua Kors

Chávez: ‘Galbraithiano’ Chávez: ‘Galbraithiano’

As Venezuela and the rest of Latin America repair the damage of two decades of free-market orthodoxy, John Kenneth Galbraith is a major inspiration.

Sep 27, 2007 / Greg Grandin

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