The Fight to Save Congo's Forests

October 4, 2007

A history of colonial neglect and endemic corruption has unleashed a lawless logging binge in the heart of Congo's massive woodlands.

Christian Parenti: Congo Diary

October 3, 2007

The Nation's international correspondent journeys deep into the heart of the Congo Basin woodlands to see how a massive logging boom is decimating the world's second-largest tropical forest.

Big Is Beautiful

April 19, 2007

Green utilities are growing, but they need to grow faster.

Who Will Get the Oil?

March 1, 2007

War and corruption have decimated Iraq's oil supply, and Western companies are angling for a cut of what's left.

Empire Fall

February 27, 2007

A biography of Bernard Fall examines the life of the man who laid the foundations for contemporary war reporting.

ISG: Defeat With Honor

December 18, 2006

Pundits on the left just don't get it when they call the Iraq Study Group report "Stay the Course Lite." It's an admission of the Bush Administration's total failure.

Taliban Rising

October 12, 2006

If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer, then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant but necessary remedy.

Taliban Rising

October 12, 2006

If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer, then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant but necessary remedy.

Chaos and Fear Stalk Afghanistan on 9/11 Anniversary

September 11, 2006

As Taliban fighters clash with thinly spread NATO forces across Afghanistan and "suicide cell" claims lives daily in Kabul, hope is fading that the country can avoid descending into chaos.

Letter From Bolivia: Morales Moves

June 1, 2006

Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism party face two formidable foes: a far left discontented with neoliberalism and a combative rancher-based right wing.

Colombia's Deep Divide

May 25, 2006

Colombia's subtly demagogic President Uribe gained the advantage in the upcoming election by leveraging the strength of anti-left paramilitaries, drug trafficking and a culture of violence.

When GI Joe Says No

April 23, 2006

How can the peace movement draw more Iraq War veterans into its ranks? It can begin by understanding the socioeconomic realities of the all-volunteer military.

In the Path of a Storm, Vets Protest a War

March 19, 2006

Veterans of Iraq and Vietnam marched from Mobile to New Orleans to mark the third anniversary of the Iraq War, and to call attention to the Bush Administratrion's culture of incompentence, inhumanity and greed that has devastated Iraq and America's Gulf Coast.

Afghanistan: The Other War

March 9, 2006

Despite Bush's feel-good rhetoric, the United States has done little to help Afghanistan, leaving the impression of abandonment. Meanwhile, European troops work hard to build bridges to the locals.

Fury Over Foreigners

February 7, 2006

Western cartoons deemed insulting to Islam are only part of what is fueling mob frenzy in Afghanistan. Growing rage against the presence of foreign troops and frustration with ineffectual aid programs are feeding the flames.

The War With No Name

November 21, 2005

For twenty-five years, Kurdish guerrillas have battled the forces of the Turkish state. For a while, things began to settle down, but the US occupation of Iraq changed all that.

The Question of Kurdistan

October 26, 2005

The Kurds have almost no natural resources and suffer from a culture of corruption. But their call for autonomy is a serious threat to the building of a united Iraq.

New Orleans: Raze or Rebuild?

September 12, 2005

Despite persistent calls from the right to raze the ruined city, gritty storm survivors from New Orleans to Gulfport and Houston begin to put their lives together again.

The Big Easy Dies Hard

September 8, 2005

At first glance New Orleans looks like a cross between a giant conceptual art installation or the set of a cold war disaster movie.

Bolivia's Battle of Wills

June 16, 2005

Despite elections now expected this summer, Bolivia remains locked in a political stalemate.

Tear Gas in the Andes

May 26, 2005

Unwilling to suffer through another generation of brutal poverty, the indigenous people of Bolivia have taken to the streets in La Paz.

Hugo Chávez and Petro Populism

March 24, 2005

What Venezuela's revolution is made of.

Afghan Poppies Bloom

January 6, 2005

The war-ravaged, opium-dependent country lives in fear of a new drug war.

Who Rules Afghanistan

October 28, 2004

Behind the democratic facade.

Postcard From Kabul

October 9, 2004

The Afghan presidential election was plagued with fraud and technical errors.

What 'Democracy' Looks Like

October 5, 2004

How free and fair is an election run by warlords?

Fables of the Reconstruction

August 12, 2004

The effort to rebuild Iraq looks less like an aid mission than a criminal racket.

The News From Planet Falluja

July 5, 2004

As the siege drags on, this insurgent stronghold descends into chaos.

The Rough Guide to Baghdad

July 1, 2004

Searching for order in Sadr City.

Rebellion in Baquba

June 25, 2004

"Boys, we are in a bad situation. Yes, very bad."

A Deserter Speaks

March 25, 2004

It is unlikely that Mejia's allegations about the conduct of his superiors will be investigated.

Al Jazeera Goes to Jail

March 11, 2004

In Iraq's media war, US troops are imprisoning and abusing Arab journalists.

Two Sides

February 5, 2004

Scenes from a nasty, brutish and long war.

Many Peaces, One War

October 23, 2003

Stretched Thin, Lied to & Mistreated

September 18, 2003

On the ground with US troops in Iraq.

Postcard From Cancún

September 15, 2003

The insurgent delegations were in many respects the product of years of anti-WTO organizing.

DC's Virtual Panopticon

May 16, 2002

Policing the Color Line

September 13, 2001

Big Brother's Corporate Cousin

July 26, 2001