magazine March 28, 2005

The Coming Bird Flu Pandemic

Plagued by corruption and short on resources, Cambodia may be incubating a deadly contagion.

By Jehangir Pocha   

Negroponte's Dark Past

The case against Bush's new intelligence czar

By Robert Parry   

Trafficking in Politics

Bush's strong rhetoric on sex slavery masks policy failures.

By Eartha Melzer   

Under the Microscope

An aggressive audit of labor unions is only one front in Republicans' multi-pronged attack.

By David Moberg   

Plowing for Profits

U.S. agribusiness eyes Iraq's fledgling markets

By Christopher D. Cook   

'Managed' No More

Russians take to the streets to protest the privatization of their social welfare system.

Susan Sontag and Arthur Miller

Dr. Marc Leeds, PhD, an English teacher and old friend of mine, albeit 30 years my junior, recently… more

Who Benefits?

The big winners of Private Investment Accounts

Letter From a British Soldier

I am resigning from the Territorial Army because I believe the war in Iraq is wrong. This has… more

books

Adorno as Antidote

The work of Theodor Adorno, the German-Jewish social and cultural theorist who died in 1969, isn’t likely ever… more

By Jamie Daniel   

movies

Nice Isn't Enough

It’s not the usual retirement home that has residents who want—or are allowed—to attach hand-scrawled “Free Mumia” placards… more

By Pat Dowell   

art

Operation Pocket Full of Wishes

Cultural intervention at American Girl Place

By Anne Elizabeth Moore   

Editorial

Defeated From the Start

The Kyoto Protocol to reduce global warming went into effect on February 16. Ratified by 141 nations, the treaty aims to limit… more

The Third Coast

The Clash of the Cults

The Power of Nightmares neatly demolishes the notion of a menacing terrorist network, threatening mayhem at every airport.

An Indecent Act

Apparently a lot of people in Congress do not believe that Americans should have the "freedom" to make the choice about what they listen to on the radio or watch on TV.