Recent Articles

"What Nuclear Renaissance?" The Nation, April 24, 2008

"Wasteland Dreaming" Brooklyn Rail, April 2008

"Chocolate's Bittersweet Economy" Fortune, February 2008 (pdf)

"In Search of Lumumba," In TheseTimes, January 30, 2008

"A New Diplomacy for Pakistan," January 4, 2008 (web only)

"Congo's crisis, Congo's history" International Herald Tribune,December 27, 2007

"Our Battles Joined" Playboy Magazine (pdf)

"Die verhindertre Moderne" Kulturaustrausch, October 07

"The Fight to Save Congo's Forests," The Nation, October 22, 2007 issue

"Feel Good in The Caribbean" Condé Nast Traveler, July 07

"Big Is Beautiful," The Nation, April 19, 2007 issue

"Who Will Get the Oil, " The Nation, March 1, 2007 issue

"Empire Fall," The Nation, March 12, 2007 issue

"The Romantic Radical: Move Over, Hugo Chavez," MotherJones, December 26, 2006

"Gekaufte Frauen" Kulturaustrausch, January 07

"ISG: Defeat With Honor," The Nation, December 18, (web only)

"The Bad Future," The Walrus, Tuesday October 31, 2006

"Taliban Rising," The Nation, October 30, 2006

"Good morning, Baghdad!," Salon.com

"Afghan Wonderland," Middle East Report

"Chaos and Fear Stalk Afghanistan on 9/11 Anniversary," The Nation, September 25, (web only)

"Letter from Bolivia: Morales Moves," The Nation, June 19, 2006

"The Bomber of Bamiyan: Reincarnation of a Buddha smasher," Mother Jones May/June 06

"Dispatches from the Void," Walrus Magazine

"Colombia's Deep Divide," The Nation, May 25, 2006

"When GI Joe Says No," The Nation, May 8, 2006

"In the Path of a Storm, Vets Protest a War," The Nation, May 8, 2006

"Afghanistan: The Other War, " The Nation, March 9, 2006

"Venezuela's Revolution and the Oil Company Inside," Vol. 39, No.4 Jan/Feb 2006, NACLA Report on the Americas

"Fury Over Foreigners," The Nation, February 2006, (web only)

"The Question of Kurdistan," The Nation, November 14, 2005

“New Orleans: Raze or Rebuild,” The Nation, 26 September 2005 (web only)

“The Big Easy Dies Hard,” The Nation, 26 September 2005

“Bolivia’s Battle of the Wills,” The Nation, 4 July 2005

“Tear Gas in the Andes,” The Nation, 26 June 2005 (web only)

“Hugo Chávez and Petro Populism,” The Nation, 11 April 2005

“Afghan Poppies Bloom,” The Nation, 24 January 2005 (subscription only)

“Who Rules Afghanistan,” The Nation, 15 November 2004

“Postcard from Kabul,” The Nation, 9 October 2004 (web only)

“What ‘Democracy’ Looks Like,” The Nation, 5 October 2004 (web only)

“Fables of Reconstruction,” The Nation, 30 October 2004 (subscription only)

"The News From Planet Falluja,” The Nation, 5 July 2004

"The Rough Guide to Baghdad,” The Nation, 19 July 2004

“Rebellion in Baquba,” The Nation, 25 June 2004 (web only)

"A Deserter Speaks,” The Nation, 25 March 2004 (web only)

“Al Jazeera Goes to Jail,” The Nation, 11 March 2004

“Two Sides: Scenes from a Nasty, Brutish & Long War,” The Nation, 23 February 2004

“Many Peaces, One War,” The Nation, 10 November 2003

“Stretched Thin, Lied to & Mistreated,” The Nation, 6 October 2003 (subscription only)

“Postcard from Cancun,” The Nation, 15 September 2003 (web only) The Nation,

"Policing the Color Line,” The Nation, 1 October 2001

"Big Brother’s Corporate Cousin,” The Nation, 6 August 2001 (subscription only)

"Who Owns the Rain," London Review of Books, 7 July 2005 (subscription only)

“Diary,” London Review of Books, 20 January 2005 (subscription only)