Maisonneuve Magazine

24.06.2005 Zarema Muzhakhoyeva is one of the so-called Black Widows, women responsible for bombings in Russia's biggest cities who are fuelling the fear that Chechen women are now prepared to fight in place of their dead husbands. The fear is well-founded: female suicide bombers in Russia have accounted for more than 260 military and civilian deaths in less than five years. They have downed domestic flights, blown themselves up near restaurants, in subway stations, at rock concerts, and they were involved in both the Dubrovka theatre hostage-taking and the Beslan school massacre.

04.05.2005 The Terry Schiavo issue—and the media hootenanny that accompanied it—plays a specific role within the greater conservative movement in America. If you look closely at the Republicans' actions, the outlines of a broader plan emerge, one that would eventually enshrine a constitutional right to life. This is the beginning of an attack on abortion rights in America.

23.03.2005 Prostitution will never go away. Legalizing and regulating it like any other profession would drastically reduce the potential for abuse, violence and disease, with the added bonus of taking control of the industry away from exploitative pimps and organized crime. The success of the Dutch experiment can serve as inspiration, but cities like Montreal should also look at their own pasts.