The Election Race Card The Election Race Card
"Let me take you on a journey to a foreign land. To Britain after a second term of Tony Blair." With these words, Conservative Party leader William Hague began a speech in March t...
May 17, 2001 / Feature / John Ghazvinian
Blair’s Cooled-Off Britannia Blair’s Cooled-Off Britannia
As the election nears, the weather is rotten and the glow is off "New Labour."
May 17, 2001 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Rapacious Instincts in Sudan Rapacious Instincts in Sudan
Oil companies are partners with Khartoum in waging a cruel civil war.
May 17, 2001 / Feature / Eric Reeves
‘Not in Our Name’ ‘Not in Our Name’
Daily life in the West Bank and Gaza: homes bulldozed, civilians bombed, people unable to get to the hospital because the borders have been closed, children shot with high-powered...
May 17, 2001 / Meredith Tax
Lost in Space Lost in Space
A report by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Space Commission advocates circumventing the intent of international laws that seek to keep space free from war and urges that t...
May 17, 2001 / Karl Grossman and Judith Long
Rogue Nation Rogue Nation
News that the United States has been voted off the UN Human Rights Commission and the UN international drug monitoring board has elicited vows of revenge from conservatives in Con...
May 10, 2001 / The Editors
Leave No Child Behind? Leave No Child Behind?
I scanned all the cheap effusions that followed the Bob Kerrey disclosures, looking for just one mention of just one name. Ron Ridenhour. Ron was the GI who got wind of the My La...
May 10, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
War and Accountability War and Accountability
What exactly Bob Kerrey did one night in a Vietnamese community should concern every citizen.
May 3, 2001 / Jonathan Schell
AIDS and Poverty in Africa AIDS and Poverty in Africa
Prevention and treatment require a focus on overall health and development.
May 3, 2001 / Feature / Eileen Stillwaggon
Colin Powell’s Vietnam Fog Colin Powell’s Vietnam Fog
The war was years ago, but that does not excuse misrepresenting one's participation in it.
May 2, 2001 / Feature / David Corn