Into the Fire

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

Downsizing the CEO

Labor and shareholders unite to roll back executive power

Incredible Credibility

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

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... more

Confronting the Mommy Myth

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

Feminisms Future

Young feminists of color take the mic

Transfeminism: Let Her Rip

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

A Crucial Coalition

Women, progressives must march for rights

Coalition to Community

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

Notes to a Young Feminist

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

Ask Emma Goldman

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

books

Whos Afraid of Theory?

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

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,... more

television

Doc of Hazzard

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

Pink Bloque Party

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

books

Making Peace

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