Olympic Swagger Olympic Swagger
Swagger was America's chosen posture at the Winter Olympics. Once again, sport imitated life: boasting got us nowhere at the Turin games or in the world.
Feb 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
Free Trade Planet Free Trade Planet
The uproar over the Dubai Ports deal ignores the obvious consequences of the free trade that American politicians of both parties have pushed for decades. Like it or not, we have t...
Feb 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
America’s Online Censors America’s Online Censors
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are under fire from Congress for helping China censor and prosecute political dissidents. But a proposed law to guide technology companie...
Feb 24, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca MacKinnon
The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Dubai Ports flap is bogus, but it's fun to see Democrats and Republicans frothing in unison. Hysteria has defined the Bush presidency; now the fearmonger-in-chief is getting a ...
Feb 23, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
The Fight for Haiti The Fight for Haiti
Now that René Préval has been elected Haiti's new president, the question is whether he can move the country forward.
Feb 23, 2006 / Feature / Kathie Klarreich
Challenging Musharraf Challenging Musharraf
Massive protests over the Muhammad cartoons add to the growing sense that Pakistani President-General Pervez Musharraf is losing control.
Feb 23, 2006 / Graham Usher
Handling Hamas Handling Hamas
Rather than undermine Hamas, the Bush Administration should accept the results of the Palestinian election and pursue a policy of cautious engagement.
Feb 23, 2006 / The Editors
A Fabric of Illegality A Fabric of Illegality
The White House practices the dark arts of trashing whistleblowers who exposed prisoner abuse at Guantánamo and the warrantless spying program, adding another layer of illeg...
Feb 23, 2006 / The Editors
The Palestinian Patient The Palestinian Patient
Gate of the Sun follows the odyssey of Palestinians driven to refugee camps in Lebanon by Israeli forces in 1948.
Feb 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Raja Shehadeh
The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration? The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration?
The World Social Forum in Caracas provided living proof of alternative political and social visions, but raised new questions about government co-optation.
Feb 16, 2006 / Feature / Michael Blanding