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Saving a city’s soul
Geraldine Bedell
As waters everywhere rise from global warming, Venetians engage in a passionate debate on how to keep their palaces from sinking into the Adriatic.
Final land grab?
Chris McGreal
Despite Israel's claim that it is not expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank, bulldozers are preparing the ground for new homes.
King vs. King
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Sadly, one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughters lent her name to the anti-gay rights movement. Her father never would have.
When dot-com patents go bad
Jason Schultz
The auction of Commerce One's intellectual property demonstrates that patents are worth more today as weapons than anything else. That's wrong.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Of asterisks, outrage and enlarged breasts: The readers write about Barry Bonds and steroids.
America’s unhappy most wanted
Rory McCarthy
High-level detainees go on a hunger strike to protest their solitary confinement and impending trials in an Iraqi court.
Crusade for creationism
Paul Harris
A Pennsylvania school board is in the forefront of nationwide efforts to bring the fight over evolution to the Supreme Court.
Saga of a “sex-crazed, genderless freak”
Priya Jain
Liverpool literary sensation Helen Walsh talks about teen rebellion, prostitution and her debut novel "Brass," the story of a bisexual female predator roaming the Merseyside streets.
A field of dreams
Amanda Griscom Little
With the right R&D, grass-based ethanol could power every car in America. In the Bush administration's corn-centric Department of Agriculture, however, the idea's going nowhere.
Christian party animals
Kimberley Sevcik
Evangelizing to the young and wasted in party centers around the globe, members of the 24-7 Prayer team hope to bring Jesus to the raving, godless masses.
The Shlemiel way of software
Scott Rosenberg
Author Joel Spolsky talks about what Microsoft has in common with his grandparents and what Isaac Bashevis Singer has to do with code-generating schemes.
Can the movies rescue America?
Charles Taylor
In a year when Mel Gibson and Michael Moore exploited our deep divisions, we needed more Incredible films to bring us together.
Great leap forward
Jonathan Watts, David Teather
A little-known Chinese company becomes the world's third largest PC manufacturer in a $1.75 billion deal with IBM.
Whitewashing torture?
David DeBatto
A veteran sergeant who told his commanding officers that he witnessed his colleagues torturing Iraqi detainees was strapped to a gurney and flown out of Iraq -- even though there was nothing wrong with him.
Green capitalism
Ellie Winninghoff
Everybody pays when companies pollute and cheat. So big institutional investors have a legal mandate to be socially responsible.
The top 10 books of the year
Laura Miller
Magic is afoot in England, white slaves are held captive in the Sahara, sisters are haunted by a lost sibling -- and more literary feasts.
Wild Wes
Heather Havrilesky
Wes Anderson's painstakingly realized films have found a devoted audience -- and "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" won't disappoint.
Hell no, we won’t stay
Paul Harris
Eight U.S. soldiers, among thousands who have been forced to extend their tours in Iraq, sue the Army for breach of contract.
The two catastrophes
Baruch Kimmerling
Israelis and Palestinians have both been marked by inconceivable
tragedy. For both sides, understanding the other's memories is the
first step toward moving beyond the past.
Ready for something different
Stuart Jeffries
Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom" is about to hit the big screen, but he's already thinking about what's next, like maybe a musical about his talking trousers.
“This baby has come from Allah and I will accept him”
Jeevan Vasagar
Refugees in Darfur, Sudan, face the consequences of mass rapes by members of the government-backed militia, pledging to care for "Janjaweed babies."
Hot and horny for Hitler
Jana Prikryl
What drew German teens by the millions to the Hitler Youth? The uniforms, the camaraderie, the cultish adoration of Der Fuhrer -- and lots of Aryan sex.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers, including a former POW, talk about their relationship with journalist Iris Chang.
The dwarf known as al-Qaida
Mark Follman
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