magazine May 23, 2005

Democracy's Death

Haitian dissidents find themselves the targets of massive repression

By Ben Terrall    central america

Chiquitas Children

In the ’70s and ’80s, the banana companies Dole, Del Monte and Chiquita used a carcinogenic pesticide, Nemagon, to… more

By Nicolas Bérubé and Benoit Aquin    central america corporations medical & health

How to End the War

The central question we need to answer is this: What were the real reasons for the Bush administration's invasion… more

By Naomi Klein    international war in iraq

The Cruelest Cuts

As Congress haggles over food stamp cuts, soup kitchens fear longer lines

Light and Solidarity

Susan Plum is challenging the Mexican government’s massive failure to effectively investigate and halt the killing spree in Ciudad… more

Animosity in the East

Tensions flare between China and Japan

The Uses and Abuses of Race

Race facilitates rule. If race did not exist, the powers-that-be would have had to invent it, for an ordered,… more

By Phyllis Eckhaus    race

film

Not Far from the Tree

Alex Gibney’s Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room is based on the eponymous book by Peter Elkind and… more

By Pat Dowell    corporations

books

The Plot to Elect Kerry

For progressives, the only sensible way to approach Byron York’s new book is by giving it “the Washington read”—index… more

By Craig Aaron    politics

books

A Brooding Calm

Set in London on February 15, 2003, when millions gathered to protest the Iraq war, Ian McEwan’s Saturday is… more

books

The Horror, The Horror

Much as it might suit my obscure and inhuman agenda to sling a brickbat in the direction of McSweeney’s,… more

Christian Restorationists

For DeLay and the Christian right, denaturing the filibuster is the first step toward theocracy.

The Third Coast

Black Clergy Rebuff Bush

In January, the nation's four largest black Baptist groups issued a joint statement repudiating the GOP's outreach efforts.

Remote Control

Apparently the right-wing ideologues believe they know best what programs Americans should be allowed to purchase.

Left Out

The "inside/outside" dichotomy surfaced throughout the conference—suggesting that the left is out of touch.