magazine March 31, 2003

Fear of a Black Candidate

Aaron McGruder, the radical cartoonist, insists that the Rev. Al Sharpton’s “perm” prevents him from being taken seriously… more

By Salim Muwakkil   

Give Kucinich a Chance

Des Moines, Iowa On February 17, 2002, speaking before members of the Southern California chapter of Americans for… more

By David Moberg   

Playing the Market

The start of a new egalitarian politics might be found where you least expect it

By G. William Domhoff   

Malpractice Myths

The real problem isn't greedy lawyers, it's bad doctors

By Kip Sullivan   

You Make the Call

Just when it seemed the democratic promise of the Internet would never come to pass, a glimmer of… more

Campus Coalition

Students team up to oppose the war

Artless Budgeting

Cultural funding evaporates at state level

Workers Unite

Unions around the world oppose the drive for war

Faith No More

Texas’ record shows dangers of faith-based policy

School Ties

Israeli divestment campaign carries on

Dear Mr. Vonnegut,

The recent [url=http://inthesetimes.com/comments.php?id=38_0_4_0_C]Kurt Vonnegut interview[/url] (“Kurt Vonnegut vs. !&#*@,” February 17, 2003) has become the most popular story… more

By Kurt Vonnegut   

Catastrophes Real and Imagined

In Minority Report, the Steven Spielberg film based on a Philip K. Dick story, three humans, through monstrous… more

By Slavoj Zizek   

Into the Woods

When people complain about the movies being too fake or showy or otherwise lacking in depth, I have… more

By Joshua Rothkopf   

books

Pieces of Africa

He had awoken to a journalist’s dream assignment. In August 1998, British author and book critic Giles Foden… more

By Jeremy O’Kasick   

books

Dream On

Freedom Dreams marks a significant intellectual turning point for Robin D. G. Kelley—“a kind of crossroads.” In the… more

By Cedric Kwesi Johnson   

theater

Acting Out

On March 3, a New York actor named Sharon Bower was at the forefront of an international movement.… more

By Ben Winters   

Back Talk

Technical Foul Against Title IX

Bush never misses a chance to dismantle any program that advances equal opportunity.

Editorial

Total Information Control

On the homefront, the media are not as much “embedded” as in bed with the Bush administration.