magazine February 2007

Interrogations Behind Barbed Wire

Who's to blame for America's new torture techniques?

By Mischa Gaus    guantanamo prison torture

Dreaming Up New Politics

Thinking different in an age of fantasy

By Stephen Duncombe    politics theory

Solidarity Without Borders

Confronted with multinationals and business-friendly trade agreements, unions have begun to act globally

By David Moberg    economy labor trade

Eyes Off the Prize

As Iraq dominates U.S. attention, China, India and Iran are emerging as the next world powers

By Jehangir Pocha    china india iran

Education Reform: Pass or Fail?

As No Child Left Behind comes due for reauthorization, questions remain about whether it really helps children learn

By Adam Doster    administration administration administration administration education

Kucinich Comes Back for 08

To his supporters, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) represents the sane voice of the Democratic Party--a man who reads… more

By Daniel Sturm    elections foreign policy

A Politically Correct Lexicon

Your 'how-to' guide to avoid offending anyone

By Joel Bleifuss    gender lgbt race

Declassified, But Still Unavailable

Two hundred and seventy million pages of FBI files were recently declassified. Why can't the public access them?

Families Behind Bars

U.S. immigration policy is putting kids in jail

Getting Vets Their Benefits Back

Rick Scavetta lives with his wife and young daughter in a small town near New Haven, Conn. He… more

Fights Over Chinese Labor Reform

Last March, in his annual speech to the National People's Congress, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced wide-ranging economic… more

Why are EPA Libraries Closing?

In February 2006, when President Bush unveiled his budget proposal for FY 2007, the EPA Library Network learned… more

In You More Than Yourself

The revolutionary potential of the Internet is far from self-evident

By Slavoj Zizek    technology theory

books

A Wingnut in Sheeps Clothing

It's deluded to imagine that human beings are rational creatures. Fearmongering works, which is why every election season… more

By Phyllis Eckhaus    books

Whos Afraid of Peter Boyle?

"Bad Revolutions," backlash and Peter Boyle's dark night of the soul

movies

Mr. Smith Doesnt Go To Washington

One of 15 films shortlisted for a 2006 Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary, Can Mr. Smith Get… more

By Erin Polgreen    elections movies

Faith Healing with Homeopathy

The modern day patient's dillema: Have faith in 19th century magic or trust a pharmaceutical industry that suppresses negative outcomes, bribes doctors and hires ghost writers to author favorable studies?

Droppin' a Dime

Cultivating the Media Garden

Bill Moyers delivered a withering critique of Republican attempts to spin the public and cow the media into somnolence.

The Third Coast

Baracks Black Dilemma

Many blacks wonder if mainstream whites love Obama because of his lack of history as a slave, which elicits no feelings of historical guilt.

Editorial

Thirty More Years

Back in 1976, when James Weinstein decided to move to Chicago to start In These Times, his inspiration was Appeal to Reason,… more

Inside America's Gulag

According to the U.S. government, Guantánamo Bay is leased to Uncle Sam by the Cuban government. However, Cuba does not recognize U.S.… more

Molly And the Mainstream

Molly Ivins was a fierce critic of hypocrisy and venality, and she was very, very funny: Her bullshit detector was possibly the most finely honed in the business.