Issue 660 | February 1, 2008
The wild swings on stock markets worldwide are highlighting fears that a severe recession is around the corner--if not already here.
The young men and women sent to fight in Iraq who manage to return home physically intact soon learn that their struggle may have just begun.
: Petrino DiLeo The mortgage crisis is now dominating the headlines, but the underlying question remains: Who will help people at risk of losing their homes?
More than 250 Massachusetts doctors issued an open letter warning against a "cure" that promotes the health--and wealth--of private insurers.
In another setback for the Bush administration's "terror" prosecutions, the Feds failed to win a life sentence for Jose Padilla.
The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights held its national conference with a weekend of education, debate and discussion.
Chicago activists are gearing up for a second round in their fight against deportations and the separation of families.
: Elizabeth Schulte Defying police, Palestinians poured across the border into Egypt after a section of the 33-foot-high border wall came down.
: Eric Ruder Defying police, Palestinians poured across the border into Egypt after a section of the 33-foot-high border wall came down.
: Alexis Stoumbelis Fifteen years after a peace agreement was signed in El Salvador, the government has launched a new wave of repression against social movements.
: Mohammed Omer A voice from Gaza: Mohammed Omer describes what it was like at the Gaza border where Palestinians poured through a breach in the wall of their prison.
A voice from Gaza: Dr. Mona El-Farra talks about the starvation conditions Palestinians face as a result of Israel's siege.
The media guesswork about what will happen on Super Tuesday hides the bigger picture--what Election 2008 so far says about U.S. politics.
: Joe Allen Forty years ago, a nationwide offensive by the fighters of the liberation struggle in Vietnam exposed the lie that the U.S. was winning the war.
A fight for five workers terminated for union activity at a North Carolina truck plant has high stakes for labor's long effort to organize the South.
Protesting the siege of Gaza | Support war resisters | Defending immigrant workers
One of the Lucasville Five describes how he was railroaded onto death row for a crime he didn't commit.
A lack of choices on the ballot | False hopes and the Democrats | Life without parole is not cruel
Real women have abortions--but not in the movies, to judge from several popular and critically acclaimed recent films.
Brian De Palma thinks the savagery of the war in Iraq has been redacted by the media, and his attempt to correct led to a hornets' nest of controversy.
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