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.
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