Driving While Muslim Driving While Muslim
As the hunt for homegrown terrorists sympathetic to Hezbollah intensifies, the Muslims of Dearborn, Michigan are losing their trust in American justice.
Sep 21, 2006 / Spencer Ackerman
Déjà Vu on Iran? Déjà Vu on Iran?
The Bush Administration is trying to use flawed intelligence to whip up public support for military action against Iran. Can they get away with this again?
Sep 21, 2006 / The Editors
Bush’s Selective Perception Bush’s Selective Perception
President Bush's address to the UN General Assembly was less disdainful than earlier speeches, but it shined a light on the President's willful blindness to the complexity of the p...
Sep 21, 2006 / Ian Williams
Render Unto Syria Render Unto Syria
Will anyone in the somnambulant White House press corps dare ask the President why he would "render" a Canadian to Syria to be tortured and imprisoned without charges?
Sep 20, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Real Crisis in Uganda The Real Crisis in Uganda
The cease-fire between Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army is only a first step in resolving the humanitarian crisis. The West must push for the release of 2 million Acholis...
Sep 19, 2006 / Feature / Salim Lone
The UN After Lebanon The UN After Lebanon
The UN's mixed record on the war in Lebanon proves we should lower our expectations of what it can meaningfully achieve.
Sep 18, 2006 / Richard Falk
Torture and the Content of our Character Torture and the Content of our Character
The standoff between the Senate and the Bush Administration over military tribunals, torture and war crimes tests core legal and moral issues and will determine the kind of country...
Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Lawless ‘Compromises’ Lawless ‘Compromises’
Prime midyear election issues: Torture and eavesdropping are illegal. We are a nation founded on the rule of law.
Sep 15, 2006 / The Editors
Short Takes Short Takes
Reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and The City Is a Rising Tide.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas and Christine Smallwood
The Illusionist The Illusionist
Alexander Stille's The Sack of Rome explores how Silvio Berlusconi subverted Italy's government, history and culture.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Tobias Jones