magazine January 3, 2005

Cutting Our Benefits

Bush begins second term by attacking Social Security

By Dean Baker    economy

People vs. Empire

Only global resistance from below can counter repressive states

By Arundhati Roy    activism economy international politics social justice

A Long Climb

An energized Argentine democracy is holding its own against the IMF, but for how long?

By James North    economy international politics south america

Deep Divide

Ukraine's contested election reflects Russia's push to reunify

Project Kesher: Creating Connections

Since the murder of more than 300 people in a Beslan school seized by Chechen militants in September,… more

movies

A Dubious Doc

Just before the election, a film about Iraq hit art house theaters around the country. Voices of Iraq… more

By Eartha Melzer    military war in iraq

music

Get the Carters

More often than not, tribute albums are irredeemable junk. Need convincing? Available for purchase in this great nation… more

By Kevin Canfield   

music

Acoustic Ecology

The delicate jingling of many small bells. The crunch of footsteps on bare ground. A quiet car passing.… more

By Rachel Lears   

Questioning the Frame

Thoughts about maps and spatial logic in the global present

By Coco Fusco    media politics technology

Editorial

Souls for Sale

House Majority Leader Tom “The Hammer” DeLay (R-Texas) is the most loathsome politician to be retched onto the national stage in recent… more

Blocking Mr. Torture

As progressives wonder at how best to direct—and revive—the struggle to return America to its basic values, a dizzying number of worthy… more

War and Hope in Colombia

On his way home from the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit in Chile, President George Bush stopped off in the Caribbean city of Cartagena… more

Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Did the Bush-Cheney campaign engage in electronic vote fraud to ensure that George W. Bush would be president for another four years?… more

Capitol Report

A Little More to the Left

Republicans understand the concept: The harder they push, the further they shift the nation's political discourse.

Truth and Consequences

Green + Red = Blue

Battles over public lands and hunting and fishing rights could radically alter the national electoral map.