Oil

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  • Grease rustlers

    Black-market bandits have their eyes on that vat of used frying oil in the alley behind your local greasy spoon.
    By Susan McCarthy November 6, 2000

  • Everything but the truth

    Dick Cheney says he didn't depend on government help during the big oil days that made him a $39 million man. The record of his Halliburton dealings tells a different story.
    By Joe Conason October 10, 2000

  • Running on Reagan

    As George W. Bush unveils his energy plan, he links Al Gore to Jimmy Carter -- and a mythical water-fueled car
    By Jake Tapper September 29, 2000

  • Globalized grievance

    Indigenous Ecuadorians want Texaco to answer for alleged environmental recklessness in the Amazon -- and 30,000 of them are fighting the oil giant in U.S. District Court.
    By Ana Arana and Garry M. Leech September 7, 2000

  • Venezuela's president is playing with fire

    By befriending U.S. enemies like Saddam Hussein, Hugo Chavez risks alienating his troubled country's biggest trading partner.
    By David A. Wernick August 17, 2000

  • Bush and big oil

    Did George W. Bush get it wrong when he blamed high gas prices on OPEC?
    By Anthony York June 23, 2000

  • Saudi Arabia welcomes travelers -- sort of

    The conservative Muslim kingdom says it will issue tourist visas for the first time.
    By J.A. Getzlaff April 12, 2000

  • A new era for Iraq?

    Saddam Hussein must decide whether to accept the U.N.'s latest arms-inspection deal, which could end sanctions against his country.
    By Ian Williams December 21, 1999

  • Newsreal: Turkish delight

    Salon has learned of a U.S. arms-for-human-rights deal with Turkey that the Clinton administration thinks is important to preserve Turkey's stability but opponents say it's arming the torturers.
    By Jonathan Broder March 2, 1998

  • Newsreal: Finish the job? Not in our lifetime

    The U.S. can't "go all the way" in Iraq because Saddam Hussein's neighbors need to keep him around.
    By Jonathan Broder February 23, 1998

  • Dragonslayer

    An interview with Ralph Nader who is organizing a conference in Washington, D.C., in Nov. 1997 to explore how Microsoft is extending its near-monopolistic control of the software business into other industries, including banking, insurance, car dealerships, travel services, real estate and television.
    By Jonathan Broder October 10, 1997
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