http://dir.salon.com/topics/news/?source=rss&aim=news en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT Articles and commentary on breaking news and politics, from independent online magazine Salon. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/12/end_game/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/12/end_game/index.html?source=rss If she hasn't already quit, it's hard to envision Clinton continuing her unwinnable -- even with Florida and Michigan -- battle beyond June 4. By Anna Badkhen Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/10/bradleys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/10/bradleys/index.html?source=rss As the hatch closes, I think about the four men from the platoon I'm with who were charred to death in one of these fighting vehicles. By Mark Benjamin and Christopher Weaver Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/snipers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/snipers/index.html?source=rss In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq? By Anna Badkhen Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/iraq_latrines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/iraq_latrines/index.html?source=rss U.S. soldiers drink water, lots of it, in scorching hot Baghdad. Plus, patrolling the streets with a less than disciplined Iraqi army squad. By Mike Madden Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/clinton_money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/clinton_money/index.html?source=rss Protesters disrupt her fundraiser, money is dwindling -- and undecided superdelegates tell Salon they see the end in sight. But Hillary Clinton powers on. Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/veepstakes_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/veepstakes_obama/index.html?source=rss The Illinois senator says, "Yes, we can," but he won't make it to the White House without the right running mate. Which veep would you pick? Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/veepstakes_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/08/veepstakes_clinton/index.html?source=rss Should the former presumptive front-runner beat the odds and secure the Democratic nomination, which veep candidate is her key to the Oval Office? By Walter Shapiro Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/primary_results/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/primary_results/index.html?source=rss Obama takes North Carolina and only barely loses Indiana, narrowing Hillary's hopes to the 366 phantom delegates from Michigan and Florida. By Anna Badkhen Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/iraq_traveling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/iraq_traveling/index.html?source=rss Military travel is grueling, especially for a soldier with a hole in his face from a sniper bullet who's trying to get back home to Missouri. Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/07/bo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/07/bo/index.html?source=rss Harmony Korine's latest thrives in the shadow of "Iron Man," but this year's indie failures include some of the year's best films. By Jürgen Kremb Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/burma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/burma/index.html?source=rss In Burma, hundreds of thousands are without food, water or shelter in the wake of the cyclone, but the military junta prioritizes its grip on power. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/06/democrats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/06/democrats/index.html?source=rss As Indiana and North Carolina head to the polls, a couple of predictions: The delegate endgame will change -- and nobody can be sure what's next. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/05/indiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/05/indiana/index.html?source=rss In Indiana, Barack Obama settles back into his change-politics strategy, while Hillary Clinton campaigns as if the race itself is everything. Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/05/tribeca_10/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/05/tribeca_10/index.html?source=rss A hot Swedish girlfriend (who's undead), a Spanish math thriller, getting high with Ben Kingsley and the rest of the best from NYC's spring fest. By Jennifer Daskal Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/02/hamdan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/02/hamdan/index.html?source=rss Even an Air Force colonel who once prosecuted detainees here is condemning military commissions at the prison as politicized and unjust. By Mike Madden and Walter Shapiro Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/02/superdels/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/02/superdels/index.html?source=rss Democratic superdelegates who haven't yet chosen sides tell Salon about phone calls from Bill Clinton and high-anxiety nightmares. It seems most are not enjoying political superstardom. By Mike Madden Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/workingclass_vote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/workingclass_vote/index.html?source=rss If Obama wants to secure the nomination next week, he'll need to recapture the working-class voters who helped him rout Clinton in Wisconsin. By Edward McClelland Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/canadian_border/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/01/canadian_border/index.html?source=rss Strict new border policies are turning Canada into a foreign country. Is this any way to treat our neighbors? By Elizabeth Grossman Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/30/arctic_pollutants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/30/arctic_pollutants/index.html?source=rss As the sea ice melts, a toxic stew of mercury and synthetic chemicals is seeping into the Arctic food web, harming the area's people. We may be next. Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/29/blindness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/29/blindness/index.html?source=rss Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," starring Julianne Moore, to open Cannes fest, with Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" as the closer. By Edward McClelland Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/28/indiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/28/indiana/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton seek votes in Indiana, a state fraught with economic woes and unlikely relevance for the '08 race. Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/25/del_hobbit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/25/del_hobbit/index.html?source=rss A director who hates Tolkien, enslaved in New Zealand by a latter-day George Lucas. Whose brilliant idea was this? Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/24/tribeca/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/24/tribeca/index.html?source=rss "Speed Racer" zooms, David Mamet knows kung fu, a Fellini rediscovery and much more at New York's downsized (but still glitzy) spring fest. Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/04/24/boll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/04/24/boll/index.html?source=rss Much-hated German director Uwe Boll reneges on promise to quit, pronounces self "only genius in the whole fucking business." By Mike Madden Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/24/convention/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/24/convention/index.html?source=rss If they arrive at the convention still divided over their star, they risk being upstaged by John McCain.