Chile and the End of Pinochet Chile and the End of Pinochet
The former dictator is charged at last, and human rights are the talk of the nation.
Feb 8, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Bush Medicine for Africa Bush Medicine for Africa
The Bush Administration's health policies for Africa basically amount to the moral equivalent of the death penalty for 25 million people.
Feb 8, 2001 / Salih Booker
Two Mexicos and Fox’s Quandary Two Mexicos and Fox’s Quandary
His dream is an open northern border. But first, he must end southern poverty.
Feb 8, 2001 / Feature / Jerry W. Sanders
Mexico’s US Problem Mexico’s US Problem
As Mexican president Vicente Fox begins his historic administration, the most difficult and abrasive issue that both he and the United States must confront is the continuing flow ...
Feb 7, 2001 / Feature / Bob Filner
The Emperor’s Old Clothes The Emperor’s Old Clothes
Bush's national security advisers aren't up to the tasks before them.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Cumings
Letter From Manila Letter From Manila
Estrada is gone, but corruption remains.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Walden Bello
‘Bonjour, Jean’ ‘Bonjour, Jean’
Michèle Montas, widow of journalist Jean Dominique, wants justice in Haiti.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Edwidge Danticat
Wiesel Words Wiesel Words
Is there a more contemptible poseur and windbag than Elie Wiesel? I suppose there may be. But not, surely, a poseur and windbag who receives (and takes as his due) such grotesque d...
Feb 1, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
New China Hand New China Hand
Quite recently yet another of Jasper Becker's indispensable dispatches from China appeared in his newspaper, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post. "Every year," Becker re...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / James North
Waiting for Sharon Waiting for Sharon
Among Palestinians in the occupied territories, the prospect that Ariel Sharon will be Israel's next prime minister is met with a shrug of the shoulders. The indifference is not ...
Feb 1, 2001 / Graham Usher