magazine January 17, 2005

Turning Strangers into Political Friends

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

By Danielle Allen   

American Christmas Card 2004

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

By Kurt Vonnegut   

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 in… more

By Sandra Steingraber   

Ethnic Tensions Smolder in China

Government blocks foreign journalists from reporting on Han-Hui riot

By Jehangir Pocha   

Maytag Moves to Mexico

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

By David Moberg   

The Real Scandal

The Oil-for-Food program may have been corrupt, but more dangerous dealings have been ignored

Lockout KO'd

San Francisco hotel workers triumph with help from city-by-city support

The Media Movement Matures

In 2003, an unprecedented 750,000 Americans wrote the Federal Communications Commission, urging them not to relax media ownership rules.… more

Radio Insurgente

Giving Voice to the Voiceless

By Deepa Fernandes   

music

Appeal to Unreason

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

By James Parker   

Israel’s Ideologues

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

By Neve Gordon   

books

Ratio Nation

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

By Curtis White   

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 leaders?… 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.