Wealth and terror
Lindsey Hilsum
May 1 2006

Saudi Arabia's government is finally making moves to "re-educate" Islamic extremists - but a new generation of jihadis is ready to take their place. Lindsey Hilsum reports from Riyadh

With oil at $70 a barrel, Saudi Arabian society is in danger of capsizing under the weight of its own wealth, writes Rachel Aspden

As public sector workers get restive and rich donors back off, the Labour Party is being forced to reassess the importance of the trade unions. The balance of power is starting to shift, reports Martin Bright

The cities where everyone is a minority: expert voices from around the world

An aura of incompetence has been added to accusations of sleaze and arrogance. The Home Office débâcle makes a drubbing all the more likely

Blair says his NHS reforms are bearing fruit - and so they are, for investors in PFI schemes and for overseas companies with risk-free contracts, writes Allyson Pollock

The CIA uses unmanned drone planes to kill people. The computer "brains" for these drones are made in Towcester, writes Mark Thomas

From Julia Roberts to David Cameron, a well-heeled eco-elite are adopting environmental causes wholesale. The problem is - it's at the expense of everyone else, argues Lucy Siegle

The new political and economic power of Hispanic immigrants is fuelling an ugly mood of racism in America, where "illegals" are accused of taking healthcare, jobs and housing. By Andrew Stephen

Britain's secretive rulers consist of an incompetent executive class, a meaningless political class and a degraded professional class. Hywel Williams proposes a historical explanation

The gloom merchants keep predicting the demise of the classical music industry. But, as the 112th Proms programme is launched, the season’s controller Nicholas Kenyon argues that the sector is still vital, innovative – and flourishing

Londonstani
Gautam Malkani 4th Estate, 343pp, £12.99
ISBN 000723175X

Young Asians in Britain have reacted to years of oppression by developing an assertive – and often violent – street culture of their own. Rageh Omaar on a superb attempt to capture this conflicted identity

Censorship by journalism is virulent in Britain and the US - and it means the difference between life and death for people in faraway countries. By John Pilger