How Mercury-Tainted Tuna Damages Fetal Brains

Last spring, I received a tantalizing invitation from the editor of Childbirth Forum: write a story on mercury... more

Turning Strangers into Political Friends

One study after another has reported declines in U.S. citizens’ trust of their government and other institutions... more

American Christmas Card 2004

As a special holiday treat for its readers, In These Times asked Kurt Vonnegut for his thoughts on... more

Ethnic Tensions Smolder in China

Government blocks foreign journalists from reporting on Han-Hui riot

Maytag Moves to Mexico

The closing of the Galesburg Maytag plant has left more manufacturing workers pondering an uncertain future

Radio Insurgente

Giving Voice to the Voiceless

music

Appeal to Unreason

Pity poor Tom DeLay. Not only must the House Majority Leader suffer the snipings of Democrats hot to... more

Israel’s Ideologues

“Are you a donor to Israeli universities?” the anonymous writer asks. If yes, you should “learn what is... more

books

Ratio Nation

While rereading the poetry of William Blake recently, I realized very little had changed between the 18th century... more

Editorial

Time for a Purge?

Debate is raging about the future direction of the Democratic Party. What is our message? What is our strategy? Who are our... more

The Third Coast

Gary Webb, Word Warrior

In September 1998, Esquire ran an article chronicling the sad saga of investigative journalist Gary Webb, who had uncovered a story of government... more

A Test of Values

Antigay discrimination takes a toll on the very forces dedicated to destroying intolerant terrorists like al Qaeda.

Antiwar Action: Back to the ‘60s?

Antiwar groups have to face the fact that occupation continues and that 2003's unprecedented worldwide peace mobilization did little to slow the drive to war.

Give Me Cognitive Liberty

The failure of the drug war is so spectacular that irrational motives must be driving it.