Saving the Democrats from Themselves
Can progressives win the battle for the party’s future?
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Unions Against the War
The labor movement grows more skeptical of Bush’s plans for Iraq
vol. 27, iss. 03
Foreign Correspondent
Award-winning British journalist Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the Independent in London, took his American colleagues to task… more
vol. 27, iss. 03
A Flash of Light
Bogaletch Gebre will never forget the day when her aunts led her to the circumciser’s hut in their rural… more
vol. 27, iss. 02
Why Hitchens Matters
Christopher Hitchens explains Why Orwell Matters, and does so with feeling. One can see that he identifies strongly with… more
vol. 27, iss. 02
The No-Fly List
Is a federal agency systematically harassing travelers for their political beliefs?
vol. 27, iss. 02
The Subject Was Orchids
Let a great adenoidal whine spread out across the land: A new comic hero for the neurotic has arrived,… more
vol. 27, iss. 02
A Democratic Multitude
Any way you measure it, November’s European Social Forum was a spectacular success. After the nightmare of the G-8… more
vol. 27, iss. 02
Patriarchy, New and Improved
Any feminist, female or male, who has seen ABC’s The Bachelor was repulsed. For those who have missed this… more
vol. 27, iss. 02 gender social justice
Mixed Messages
The election results prove that those who said the reign of Bush the Younger resembles an early-’90s flashback to… more
vol. 27, iss. 01
The Agony of Defeat
It is hard to find even a tiny sliver of silver lining in the ominous political clouds conjured up… more
vol. 27, iss. 01
As the World Yearns
When a movie gets it all impeccably, heartbreakingly right, as does Todd Haynes’ stunning Far from Heaven, some critics… more
vol. 27, iss. 01
If You Only Knew
With each new corporate scandal reminding us how far out of the loop we are, Americans are obsessed with… more
vol. 27, iss. 01
Breaking the Bank
After federal regulators closed the $2.3 billion Superior Bank in July 2001, investigations revealed that the suburban Chicago thrift… more
vol. 27, iss. 01
Remembering Paul Wellstone
Everyone devoted to greater social justice suffered a deep loss when the plane carrying Sen. Paul Wellstone and members… more
vol. 27, iss. 01
A Matter of Conscience
When Paul Wellstone died, Americans lost a principled voice that never shied from speaking truth to power. Progressives lost… more
vol. 27, iss. 01 politics
Building a Citizen Politics
Remembering Paul Wellstone We mourn the passing of Sen. Paul Wellstone and his wife, Sheila. Americans have lost a… more
vol. 26, iss. 26
Bush Apologistas
In the past couple of months, as the Bush administration flogs its plans for war against Saddam Hussein, a… more
vol. 26, iss. 26 media war in iraq
Let’s Make a Movie
The stout government minister, himself an actor in his youth for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, stood before a gathering… more
vol. 26, iss. 26
Iran Behind the Screen
Women and cinema are controversial, problematic and significant topics in modern Iran, a nation that benefits from an unexpectedly… more
vol. 26, iss. 26
Under the Gun
Here in Fredericksburg, Virginia, amid the fear and anger over the sniper rampage, one topic has been largely overlooked:… more
vol. 26, iss. 26 regulation
The Big Picture
So it looks like the movies made it. Made it through the “death of irony” we heard so much… more
vol. 26, iss. 26
Justice in Guatemala
The historic conviction on October 3 of a former Guatemalan military officer, Col. Juan Valencia, for the 1990 murder… more
vol. 26, iss. 26
Spirited Away
With a little help from a rotund forest spirit, a teen-age witch and the odd flying pig, Hayao Miyazaki… more
vol. 26, iss. 26
What’s Up on the Docks?
Bush turns to Taft-Hartley to battle the country's most militant union
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New Blood
Can a moment of anti-war anger become an effective new political movement?
vol. 26, iss. 25
Arms and the Cameraman
Readers of these pages need no introduction to Michael Moore, nor will they require any acrobatics on my part… more
vol. 26, iss. 25
Not a Drop to Drink
The statistics are startling, even a bit panic-inducing. Around the world today, more than 1 billion people have no… more
vol. 26, iss. 25
They Doth Protest Too Much
An incredibly successful protest took place September 22. Activists around the country attracted attention to the unjust actions of… more
vol. 26, iss. 25 international social justice war in iraq
When Police Attack
I spent 15 hours handcuffed on a bus with 44 other people, all charged with a crime that everyone,… more
vol. 26, iss. 25 international social justice
Marcos’ Missing Millions
Corporate corruption scandals roil the United States, dragging down with them the reputations of the major accounting firms that… more
vol. 26, iss. 20
War or Peace?
Colombia's new president must choose between Washington and his own people.
vol. 26, iss. 20 south america
I See Green People
Signs is about Earth’s infestation by claw-fingered aliens, but its scenes of a rural Pennsylvanian household stunned in front… more
vol. 26, iss. 20
Historyshock
Kim Stanley Robinson is that rarest phenomenon of fiction, the keen stylist who understands at once hard science, global… more
vol. 26, iss. 20
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