The Fight to Save Congo's Forests
Christian Parenti : A history of colonial neglect and endemic corruption has unleashed a lawless logging binge in the heart of Congo's massive woodlands.
The Editors on Dennis Kucinich, Mark Hertsgaard on the environment, Alexander Cockburn on spineless lawmakers.
Articles
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The Making of a Climate Movement
Mark Hertsgaard : Memo to Congress: the Arctic is on thin ice--and so are you.
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How to Fix Our Broken Economy
Jeff Madrick : The political mainstream is beholden to sclerotic economic policies that serve only a fraction of the public's interests.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Let Dennis Debate
: Kucinich may be too idealistic to be a presidential contender, but his voice needs to be heard.
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Blackwatergate
Jeremy Scahill : Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and his State Department enablers have a lot of explaining to do.
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Noted.
: The mainstream media's smear campaign against Mohamed ElBaradei, John Nichols on former NEA chair John Frohnmayer, Peter C. Baker on presidential Facebooks, and more.
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Leave Us Alone
Ryan Thoreson : How do presidential candidates propose to protect our privacy?
Reviews
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Lobbying Degree Zero
Daniel Lazare : Moral mudslinging has stifled debate over the Israel lobby.
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Dark Paradise
Charles Taylor : A trilogy of hard-boiled detective novels set in Marseilles contemplates the ethnic turmoil in modern-day France.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
A Slightly Insincere Expression of Regret That Newt Gingrich Has Decided Not to Enter the Republican Presidential Primary
Calvin Trillin : Newtie, we hardly knew ye.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Toothless in Babylon
Alexander Cockburn : In the gray dawn of the twenty-first century, only a handful of lawmakers dare to stand up and be counted on matters of war and peace.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
How Different Are the Top Three Dems?
Katha Pollitt : Clinton, Edwards, Obama: behind the branding, they're more similar than you think.
Web
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We Need a Nobel Prize in Law
Garrett Epps : Those who serve the law in dangerous and original ways are deserving of the recognition--and the protection--that a Nobel Prize would bring them.
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Getting Real About China
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom : From product safety to piracy, human rights and the Olympic Games, isn't it time we started being realistic about the way we treat China?
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John Templeton's Universe
Barbara Ehrenreich : The right-wing philanthropist is pushing the phony science of positive psychology to numb Americans into smiley-faced acquiescence to the status quo.
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TruthDig
The Martyrdom of Che Guevara
Robert Scheer : The CIA's role in his assassination managed to turn a failed--and flawed--guerrilla fighter into an enduring symbol of resistance to oppression.
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No Child Left Alive
Daniel Mootz : Is there an Army recruiter in your future?
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Why We Act
Ketan Ramakrishnan : We need a President willing to choose morality over hyper-Americanism.
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How the Military Can Stop an Iran Attack
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Peace activists are reaching out to US military officials to dampen the Bush Administration's ardor for attacking Iran.
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Season of Scandals
Robert Lipsyte : Sportswriters hyperventilate over scandals big and small. But when a football hero and Bush critic is shot three times at close range in Afghanistan, by friendly fire, why does no one bat an eye?
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Corporations Versus Democracy
Ned Resnikoff : How can we curtail corporate power?
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A Different Sort of War on Terror
Jason Kaye : How can Americans become more generous?
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The Reality of Poverty
Alyssa Katharine Ritz Battistoni : Poverty in America is a moral issue.
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Rudy Admits Cellphone Addiction
Eric Kenning : His campaign slogan--"As I Was Saying, You Have My Undivided Attention"--is playing well with voters in areas where cell phone coverage is erratic.
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Howl
Bonehead U
Nicholas von Hoffman : Forget about raising money for actual teaching or research. Institutions of higher learning would rather troll for money for their sports teams.
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Dirty Sexy Television
Simon Maxwell Apter : Who needs reality TV when you can revel in the decadence, dysfunction and dirty laundry of the fictional super-rich?
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The Secret State of Torture
Tom Hayden : After professing to abhor torture, the Bush Justice Department secretly authorized it. And the consequences for us all are grave.
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Strange Culture
Patricia J. Williams : Federal authorities are prosecuting Steve Kurtz under the Patriot Act for using harmless bacteria in his artwork. A new film examines his ordeal.
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Panhandling for Reparations
Damali Ayo's National Day of Panhandling for Reparations interactive performance art event aims to bring legislative conversations to the masses.
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Minding the Gap
Young public high school teachers offer insight to our education system and what reforms students are asking for.
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Student Sex Health Stymied
With student groups working tirelessly to spread sexual health awareness, why are sexually transmitted infections still going strong on college campuses?
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South Africa's Winter of Discontent
William Johnson : As the gap widens between rich and poor, millions of black workers are challenging African National Congress rule. How did a victory against apartheid turn into class war?
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We Count, They Don't
Tom Engelhardt : The Bush Administration once professed there were no body counts in its war on terror. But in the metrics-driven post-surge accounting in Iraq, it turns out it's been counting everything.
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The Courage of Anna Politkovskaya
Natalya Estemirova : A human rights activist remembers the courage of a crusading journalist, murdered one year ago.
Cover photograph by Greenpeace/Philip Reynaers, design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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