magazine May 10, 2004

Into the Fire

Baghdad—I heard the sound of freedom in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, the famous plaza where the statue of Saddam Hussein… more

By Naomi Klein    middle east war in iraq

Downsizing the CEO

Labor and shareholders unite to roll back executive power

By David Moberg    corporations economy labor

Incredible Credibility

Richard Clarke’s decision to step out publicly and write Against All Enemies is more shocking than the revelations within

By Jason Vest    administration congress government politics

How to Live on $577 a Month

The Social Security Administration recently informed me that I’ve earned enough “credits” for my child to receive $577 per… more

By Ariel Gore    gender government social justice

Confronting the Mommy Myth

As I write this, much of the country is focused on the 9/11 hearings and revelations about Team Bush’s… more

By Susan J. Douglas    gender politics social justice

Feminisms Future

Young feminists of color take the mic

By Daisy Hernández and Pandora L. Leong    activism gender politics race social justice

Transfeminism: Let Her Rip

It’s been in the New York Times, so it must be official: Transpeople are here in number and they’re… more

By Hanne Blank    activism civil liberties gender lgbt social justice

A Crucial Coalition

Women, progressives must march for rights

By Eleanor Smeal    activism gender politics social justice

Coalition to Community

Second-wave feminism always had to grapple with questions of inclusion, democracy and power. The writings of black feminists from… more

By Barbara Ransby    activism gender politics race social justice

Notes to a Young Feminist

A few years ago there was a conference in Minneapolis on “Feminism and Rhetoric.” I went as a doctrinaire,… more

By Dorothy Allison    activism gender lgbt politics social justice

Rove Sweet Rove

Ignored by “Bush’s Brain,” activists take the fight to his home

The Task at Hand

Will Cheney’s secret energy meetings see the light?

In Sheeps Clothing

Benetton is color blind, except when it comes to its profits

Jobless Recovery

By outsourcing labor, U.S. planners of Iraqi “democracy” do not include unions

Fund Fight

Progressive 527s fend off Republican attacks

On an Island of Men

Born in Port-au-Prince to a well-to-do family, Michele Montas’s lifelong passion for journalism led her in the 1970s to… more

And Justice for All?

Department of Justice seeks to weaken law protecting human rights

Good Call

Prison advocates fight to reduce phone fees

Ask Emma Goldman

Dear Emma, With his recent signing of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, President George W. Bush has taken… more

By Emma Goldman    activism gender social justice

books

Whos Afraid of Theory?

Ivory-tower feminism has a bad rap: It’s perceived as convoluted and theoretical, mired in jargon and intellectual elitism and,… more

By Lisa Yun Lee    gender social justice

books

A Woman of Mystery

Author Sara Paretsky broke ground in contemporary mystery writing with the 1982 debut of V.I. Warshawski, a tough-talking, hard-boiled… more

television

Doc of Hazzard

There’s a lot of story in Love and Diane, a frank, unaffected look inside one battered African-American family. It’s… more

By Pat Aufderheide   

Pink Bloque Party

“2 Cute 2 B Arrested” blazed across the cotton candy–colored sweatshirts of the members of the group Pink Bloque… more

By Emily Udell    activism gender social justice

books

Making Peace

Maxine Hong Kingston’s long-anticipated The Fifth Book of Peace (T5BP) just might be the first masterpiece of the 21st… more

What Does Europe Want?

On May 1, eight new countries were welcomed into the European Union—but which “Europe” will they find there?

The Third Coast

The Blame Game

The stunted context that frames Clarke as a progressive is what limits the scope of the 9/11 probe. If blame were justly apportioned it would have to extend into the distant past of American foreign formation.

Editorial

The Women Have It

This November, female voters in the United States will affect the lives of millions of women around the globe. ¶ While this may… more

Its the Stupidity, Stupid

Bush campaign ads invoking images of Ground Zero are designed to make it seem as if the president took office on 9/12, instead of eight months before hand, when 9/11 might have been prevented.

Capitol Report

Bedtime for Bobos

To David Brooks, ‘material things are shot through with enchantment.’ In other words, you are what you buy.