Peace experts urge Abbas, Netanyahu, and Obama to have a Plan B. Austrian conservative party launches game targeting minarets and Muslims. Despite technology, printed propaganda remains Army's best communication tactic. United Nations now says 240 women, girls, and babies may have been raped in DR Congo town. Commodity
Op: No one is sure what the war's end means; few are willing to wager a guess. In Somalia's civil war, pirate gangs aid both the government and the insurgents--and become a political force. Researchers investigate the use of diabetes drug metformin for prevention of
Each summer, certain songs are unofficially recognized as those that fill dance floors, roll down windows, and in general get this party started. Our staff and readers recall the best music from their best summers.
National Geographic pictures of Pakistan's floodwaters. Op: Pakistan's problem isn't too much water. It's too little water--and one day it could cause a war. In a Missouri prison, inmates find relief through quilting for charity. Twenty-five percent of wrongful convictions
An ode to drunk shopping in New York City, regretted investments, and the transformative powers of faux-snakeskin leggings.
New books: Paul Muldoon and Nat Hentoff; Pamela Geller and Chalmers Johnson; Dago Gilb and Simon Van Booys; and James Baldwin. All present.
In the past seven years, life for Iraqis has gone from oppressed--but unambiguous--to chaotic and now, apprehensive. As some mosques invite F.B.I. agents to prayer services, Muslim leaders wonder if protection could be mistaken for surveillance. It's September, the numbers are in, and it
Detained Yemenis' flying behavior "odd and unusual," but not related to terrorism, say U.S. officials. Fearing U.N. report charging it with mid-'90s genocide in Congo, Rwanda threatens to yank troops from Darfur. Packer: Obama's speech marked "a rare moment of
Investigators find L.A. County officials have covered up "potentially dozens" of child deaths from abuse or neglect. Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990; 20 years later, the U.S. withdraws forces from Iraq; who won? "It doesn't mean people just start running around and
An excerpt of Kevin Guilfoile’s new novel, “The Thousand,” about a group of mavericks safeguarding and exploiting the secret teachings of Pythagoras.
