Today, Iraq. Tomorrow ... Democracy?
Much more is at stake in this war than the future of Saddam Hussein
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Spies Like Us
In its drive to sell the world on its plans for war with Iraq, the Bush administration has deployed… more
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Against All Odds
Before he married and became a father, my cousin was a gamblin’ man. A successful banker from Monday to… more
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After Miller-El, Mumia Abu-Jamal May Appeal
The Supreme Court’s Miller-El ruling could be a big break for Mumia Abu-Jamal, the black Philadelphia journalist on Pennsylvania’s… more
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Dream On
Freedom Dreams marks a significant intellectual turning point for Robin D. G. Kelley—“a kind of crossroads.” In the opening… more
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Pieces of Africa
He had awoken to a journalist’s dream assignment. In August 1998, British author and book critic Giles Foden journeyed… more
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Total Information Control
“Size of protest—it’s like deciding, well, I’m going to decide policy based upon a focus group,” said George W.… more
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Acting Out
On March 3, a New York actor named Sharon Bower was at the forefront of an international movement. On… more
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Give Kucinich a Chance
Des Moines, Iowa On February 17, 2002, speaking before members of the Southern California chapter of Americans for Democratic… more
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You Make the Call
Just when it seemed the democratic promise of the Internet would never come to pass, a glimmer of hope… more
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Catastrophes Real and Imagined
In Minority Report, the Steven Spielberg film based on a Philip K. Dick story, three humans, through monstrous scientific… more
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Dear Mr. Vonnegut,
The recent Kurt Vonnegut interview (“Kurt Vonnegut vs. !&#*@,” February 17, 2003) has become the most popular story at… more
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Into the Woods
When people complain about the movies being too fake or showy or otherwise lacking in depth, I have to… more
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Playing the Market
The start of a new egalitarian politics might be found where you least expect it
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Fear of a Black Candidate
Aaron McGruder, the radical cartoonist, insists that the Rev. Al Sharpton’s “perm” prevents him from being taken seriously as… more
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Technical Foul Against Title IX
Every weekend, like millions around the country, I witness a revolution. I go to a sports facility, outdoors or… more
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The First Stone
Iraqis dissent Many exiled Iraqis are speaking out against the looming war with Iraq. Three Iraqi dissidents, members of… more
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Sweeps Week War
The latest pronouncement by our Cowboy-in-Chief about the possibility of war dipped into the president’s vocabulary of the vernacular:… more
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Good Government, Green and Simple
A few days before President Bush gave his State of Union speech on January 28, Green Party officials asked… more
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The War at Home
The budget is the latest front in the Bush administration's global battle on behalf of corporations and the very rich
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Seize the Day
Tom Stoppard is not exactly the first playwright one would expect to write a 12-hour, three-play historical seminar on… more
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Arabs and Jews Against the War
In early February, 10 Israelis from different grassroots organizations crossed the Qalandia checkpoint and entered besieged Ramallah, a city… more
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A Moment of Peace
10 million people gather worldwide to protest Bush’s plans for war
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Bush Bullies the World
Outrage at the arrogant administration won't stop the war juggernaut
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The Proof Is in the Padding
The country has been put on high alert, and I too have heightened my alertness—for balderdash masquerading as bald… more
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Poets Against the War
When First Lady Laura Bush decided to host a literary salon on February 12 about “Poetry and the American… more
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The Body Politic
Two years ago, at the invitation of the U.N. Population Fund, I traveled to Nicaragua for a few weeks… more
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War With No Winners
In his address to the United Nations, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Iraq poses “a threat to international… more
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Down on the Biopharm
The GMO contamination issue is about to get a lot more dangerous with the introduction of transgenic crops that… more
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Life During Wartime
Chechen refugees are forced to return, but the battle continues.
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The Real American Taliban
It is not surprising when The Nation features an article about the Bush administration’s assault on women’s reproductive rights.… more
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First Person: Porto Alegre
About 100,000 people marched through the streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil, to mark the conclusion of the third annual… more
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Headphone Mind
Morvern Callar gets at you through your eardrums. Its gifted young director, Lynne Ramsay, has described her second feature… more
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The Fires This Time
In 1930, the Mexican painter José Clemente Orozco finished his mural Prometheus at Pomona College in Southern California. Orozco… more
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