magazine May 13, 2002

Scenes from the Occupation

Ramallah, The West Bank It has been four days since anyone from her office has been able to talk… more

By Charmaine Seitz   

The World Is Watching

Ian Urbina interviews “peace activist” Neta Golan from inside Yasser Arafat’s compound

By Ian Urbina   

No Quiero Taco Bell!

David Bacon interviews Lucas Benitez of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.

By David Bacon    labor

Here We Go Again

U.S. considers renewing military ties to Indonesia.

Nuclear Fallout

Testing has killed thousands, a new study shows.

books

The Good Life

When Robert Skidelsky began his three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes in the late ’70s, it must have seemed… more

By Kim Phillips-Fein   

books

The People’s Storyteller

Studs Terkel is a busy man. On a Sunday afternoon, when I stopped by his house on a pleasant… more

By David Moberg   

Editorial

Terror In The Territories

Secretary of State Colin Powell started his latest world tour in Morocco, where the king greeted him with a simple question: “Don’t you… more

The Sludge Report

Sewage sludge, the toxic byproduct of the nation’s sewage treatment facilities, continues to be spread across the American countryside as an EPA-defined form… more

Patient Privacy Under Attack Again

George W. Bush has flip-flopped once again, this time on the issue of patient privacy. A year ago, Bush announced he would not… more