Chávez Consolidates Power

With the opposition routed, Venezuela's "revolutionary process" seems set to accelerate

Does Andy Stern Talk His Walk?

High-profile victories by SEIU often run counter to its president's rhetoric about the 'power of persuasion'

A Dark Night in Iceland

Environmentalists decry the privatization of their country's clean energy resources

Non-Lethal Weaponry: The Next Generation

Plasma clouds, microwave beams, electrified bullets--military contractors have been developing futuristic new combat technologies under the public radar.... more

Love the Warrior, Hate the War

Why progressives have more in common with the military than they think

Kiko Martinez: Watch Listed for Life

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Francisco "Kiko" Martinez, a Colorado civil rights attorney and long-time Chicano activist, was flying... more

Children of the Brand

As I sat in the café of a Borders bookstore in Chicago huddled over my laptop and... more

books

Seeds of Hope: Gardening in Barren Times

The image of the Hortus conclusus--literally "enclosed garden"--has had a place in Western art and literature at... more

film

The Spychopath Who Loved Me

If there's a pop cultural icon in dire need of being revisited--and revised--at this historical moment, it is... more

film

Extreme Humanitarians

Handling Good Samaritans on film can be a daunting task. It's difficult not to have reverence for people... more

Voting Problems? In Florida? No Way!

Following the 2000 election a popular bumper sticker in Florida read, "If you think we can't vote, wait 'til you see us drive."... more

The Caracas Consensus

Ch´vez's win energizes the global movement of South-South integration that has been picking up steam in recent years.

Droppin' a Dime

Art Basel Miami Beach: A Whitewash

You would think you could find a bit of racial and ethnic diversity, especially in South Florida, America's gateway to Latin America.

Outlawing Legal Bribery

According to a national exit poll, 42 percent of voters in November's election said that corruption was the most important factor in deciding... more

Back Talk

I Hate to Say We Told You So, But

Remember, we were 'crazy leftists' who were accused of being 'with the terrorists.' Turns out we were also with 'reality.'

Diary of a Guantánamo Attorney

Attorneys often return from the base with urgent news, but have to wait weeks for the government to clear their notes.

Iraqi Health Care: Hostage to War

Zainab may be one of the 655,000 Iraqis who would be alive today if the Bush administration hadn't launched its criminally conceived and... more

Blaming Hip-Hop for Imus

We must remember that the urge to censor is an authoritarian impluse. As Russell Simmons pointed out, we have to let rappers reflect what they see.

Crocker's Kooky Economics

The long-anticipated joint congressional testimony of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker is now history, and the event's few... more