magazine July 2007

When College Ends, So Does Activism

Why selling out is a depressingly rational choice for many graduates

By Adam Doster    activism education

D.C. Fights For A Vote

The District of Columbia inches closer toward achieving its age-old goal of representation in the House

By Ben Adler    congress voting

Democrats Shy Away From Emergency Contraception

Did the Democrats leave military servicewomen without EC for political reasons?

By Beccah Golubock Watson    gender medical & health military military

In the Crosshairs

Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal invited people to shoot him, and got all too many takers

By Kari Lydersen    art middle east technology

Stories of Survival

NO! explores rape within the African-American community and fights society's instinct to focus on the racism outside while turning a deaf ear to gender violence within

By Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell    gender movies race

The Olympic Hustle

Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city

By Mischa Gaus    activism international labor

Genetic Disorder

Parents with limited incomes are being denied access to genetic tests and the counseling that experts say should accompany them

By Dana Goldstein    medical & health reproductive rights

He Shoots, She Scores

When Mike became Christine, she gave Los Angeles sports fans a courtside view of gender politics

By John Ireland    gender lgbt media

What Vacation Days?

Despite being one of the richest nations, America denies its workers mandated paid vacations and sick days

By David Moberg    labor social services

Two Degrees From Devastation

George Monbiot's book Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning argues that we must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent

By Phoebe Connelly    environment

Kissing up to K Street

Democrats are selling out the economic populism that got them elected in the first place

By David Sirota    congress politics

Militarizing Mexico's Drug War

More than 1,000 police officers, soldiers and members of enemy cartels have been killed this year as President Calderon has turned up the heat

The Not-So Superfund

Congress lets fund to hold companies responsible for cleaning up their pollution run dry

The Plight of New Orleans Workers

Hands hired to clean up the Big Easy have been subjected to wage theft, exposure to dangerous substances, layoffs, tough discipline and discrimination

books

Iran and America's Tug of War

Iran's real threat to the United States has less to do with nuclear ambitions and more to do with an explosive tension between politics and resources

By Robert S. Eshelman    international middle east

books

Forget the Foundations

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded shows how nonprofit fundraising hinders radical movements

The Third Coast

Entrapping Inflated Threats

The possibility that the informants were seeking governmental favor by inflating the plots and entrapping the men has likewise been downplayed in the national media, even though the likelihood seems quite plausible

Thicker Than Oil

At the end of May, the third bloodiest month of his 50-month Iraq War, President George W. Bush, red-white-and-blue wreath in hand, staged… more

Torture By Another Name

On May 15, America was treated to a televised celebration of war, torture and indefinite detention--the South Carolina Republican primary debate. Blending politics… more

Food Poisoning for Thought

If a country executes people who murder close-up with guns or knives, it should also put to death officials and executives who kill… more

Back Talk

The Enduring Lies of Ronald Reagan

The canonization of Ronald Reagan rests crucially on one thing Reagan himself did well: forgetting the facts. It seems timely to exhume a few.

Droppin' a Dime

A GLBT Center of Their Own

Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade draws dozens of straight elected officials eager to strut their stuff alongside the drag queens and Dykes on Bikes.

The Third Coast

Entrapping Inflated Threats

The national media has downplayed the possibility that the informants were seeking governmental favor by inflating plots and entrapping men.