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The lost boys of Colorado City
Kimberly Sevcik
Over the past five years, a fundamentalist Mormon "prophet" has banished as many as 400 boys from his Arizona town. Now the teens, once forbidden to even watch a movie, are adrift in a world of drugs, girls and depression.
Coulter: My enemies are “like my pets”
Tim Grieve
The right-wing ranter says liberals take her out of context.
Destination: Central Asia
Tom Bissell
Secrets of "the 'stans," lands of raw beauty and uninspiring governments, revealed with help from a Kyrgyz novelist and an expert on militant Islam.
What is the Literary Guide to the World?
Hillary Frey
Looking for the best novel about Zimbabwe? Or just want to take a virtual trip to Martha's Vineyard? On this literary journey, everything is first-class.
The incredible shrinking U.S.
Helena Cobban
Despite the death of Zarqawi, Bush's huge gamble in Iraq has failed. As a result, the U.S. is weaker everywhere in the world -- and that's not all bad.
Cheney, Cohen and Colbert: The rhetoric and the reality of free speech
Tim Grieve
As Cohen lays into Colbert, Cheney trumpets the value of free speech -- in Russia.
Addicted to war
Farhad Manjoo
"House of War" author James Carroll says the Pentagon is out of control, the Cold War was unnecessary -- and it's good that we're failing in Iraq.
Peddling democracy
Chalmers Johnson
Convinced of our superiority, Americans keep trying to impose freedom on the rest of the world. It's arrogant, immoral -- and it hasn't worked.
“Absurdistan”
Laura Miller
In his hilarious follow-up to "The Russian Debutante's Handbook," Gary Shteyngart proves himself to be the post-Soviet era's own Joseph Heller.
No oil for blood
Katharine Mieszkowski
Tired of waiting for the world to act in Darfur, activists have spurred a growing divestment movement aimed at foreign companies that do business with Sudan.
“Gender crossing” in high school sports must be stopped!
Katharine Mieszkowski
Crackdown follows girl's big win in boys tennis championship.
Taking aim at the sleeping dragon
Michael T. Klare
Imperial and imperious, the Bush administration's containment strategy for China may herald the next cold war.
Daniel Ellsberg: Still blowing the whistle
Bill Katovsky
The legendary activist who leaked the Pentagon Papers says officials need to speak out against administration lies now.
“Memoirs of a Muse”
Laura Miller
In Lara Vapnyar's amusing first novel, a young Russian immigrant strives to emulate Dostoevski's mistress and become a great man's inspiration.
No fear
Jessica Valenti
Decades after she made the "zipless fuck" famous, Erica Jong still has a lot to teach young feminists about sex -- and speaking out.
Bush’s Card trick
Sidney Blumenthal
Forget his meaningless staff switch. Bush is the most blinkered and rigid president since Depression-denying Herbert Hoover.
The bears of Churchill
Jon Mooallem
In the "Polar Bear Capital of the World," vanishing ice is threatening to wipe out the polar bears -- and the town's livelihood. But Churchill's inhabitants say they'll survive.
Around the Web: South by Southwest, Part 2
Salon Staff
Baghdad: The besieged press
Orville Schell
Holed up in fortified compounds, at constant risk of death when they venture out, reporters in Iraq are increasingly cut off from the hideous reality outside.
Sisterhood of Hamas
Helena Cobban
Women fueled the rise of the Islamist party through their work in schools and hospitals that serve the Palestinian people.
Remember the “axis of evil”? It’s getting harder and harder to forget
Tim Grieve
A warning from Iran. Missile shots from North Korea. And then there's Iraq.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Hockey, doping scandal: Olympics' best sport, biggest story both missing from NBC prime time.
Where there are no good men left
Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Chechen prime minister suggests multiple wives as a solution to missing men.
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