Politics

A look at the psychology behind Palestinian suicide bombings.

In this War on Terrorism, the image-makers are gearing up for an offensive against the American people. It's time to dig some trenches.

Four short essays from an empire of contradiction.

Mayor Giuliani urges New Yorkers to spend, spend, spend. Unfortunately, the city his administration created was never meant to include New Yorkers.

Exploring the widening division among the PLO leadership, Toufic Haddad interviews Husam Khader, a radical leader of the Fateh political party.

An Interview with Marwan Barghouti, Secretary General of Fateh in the West Bank, who could one day replace Yasser Arafat.

As America girds for a new conflict, and as pundits offer endless comparisons to World War II, it becomes worth asking: did the Good War even exist?

Think again.

One woman's view from Britain, where Tony Blair is facing a different kind of pressure from the British Peace Movement.

If answered honestly, then trigger happy military attacks cannot possibly be the answer to the second urgent question: What Now?

Is Osama bin Laden a product of the very country he hates?

Russia's war in Chechnya is officially over, but the death toll keeps rising in what has evolved into a classic partisan conflict. Setting politics aside for the moment, Micah Jayne speaks with a reporter, a refugee family and an aid worker about how the war has affected their lives and when, if ever, they can all go home.

Only months ago the United States was wailing in outrage at its expulsion from the UN's Human Rights Commission. Now, more quietly, it is once again assisting one of the most repressive regimes on earth.

If rich countries only want to help poor ones, then why do poor countries keep getting poorer?

Bush's "good war" — arming the heavens and hiding the truth.

Let the Cheney boys have their imaginary space toys, and let the rest of the world get on with the business of actually dealing with the 21st century.

Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton and John Jay envisioned an America run by the rich. They would be excited by today's corporate-dominated Cabinet, the wealthiest ever assembled. In 2001, plutocracy reigns supreme.

Marc Rich versus the Iran-Contra pardons. Where was the outrage?

Bush's hawk's nest is screeching for a full-blown National Missile Defense system. Start paying attention to this one. The stakes could not be higher.

Jonathan Carr on the history of Depleted Uranium and US sponsored cancer in the Balkans. Is anyone surprised?