magazine October 2007

Holy Toyland

The mega toy retailer, Wal-Mart- is now selling Biblical toys like the talking Jesus

By Stephen T. Asma    corporations religion

Trending Toward Inanity

Mark Penn's new book, Microtrends, is so epically awful that it could take the entire polling industry down with it

By Ezra Klein    politics theory

Tobacco Stains

The global footprint of a deadly crop

By Bryan Farrell    environment labor

An Unholy Alliance

Across the Deep South, religion, culture and politics collide to make 'abortion' a dirty word.

By Carrie Kilman    abortion civil rights gender

On Strike Without a Union

Cygnus employees prove they are a 'pea that weighs a pound'

By Kari Lydersen    immigration labor

Floating Utopias

The degraded imagination of the libertarian seasteaders

By China Mieville    economy social justice theory

Obama's in the Eye of the Beholder

Can the junior senator from Illinois be both a stalwart progressive and a post-ideological unifier?

By David Moberg    elections labor politics

A Campaign of Ones Own

Connie Schultz talks about her column, feminism, endorsing Hillary, and her lovely husband, Ohio senator Sherrod Brown

By Chelsea Ross    elections gender politics

Why Iraq is Getting Worse

A new civil war between Shiites erupts within the old civil war between Sunnis and Shiites

The Crime Against Debbie Almontaser

Even Bloomberg now admits that the victim of the New York "Intifada" t-shirt hysteria is no terrorist

Ehud Barak's Second Coming

In Israel's current political atmosphere, the onetime dove returns dressed in a hawk's feathers

AFRICOM: Round One in a New Cold War?

Two dozen military bases in Africa will help the United States compete for influence with China in the otherwise forgotten continent

Funding Indonesia's Abusive Military

Despite numerous human rights abuses, the United States continues to pump money into the Indonesian military under the guise of the war on terror

Culture

Can Brazil's Quilombos Survive?

Quilombo Country documentary reveals the modern-day challenges faced by Brazil's runaway slave communities

By Anne Kogan    movies native american south america

No Happy Endings

Escape from North Korea, the world's most repressive regime

By Achy Obejas    asia books immigration

Chain Stores, Picket Fences and Tanks

American-style sprawl is adversely affecting the outposts of our global empire

Editorial

Earth to Bush

Ground control to Mr. Bush: What planet are you living on? Today, tens of millions of Americans are experiencing a declining standard of… more

Burned by Flame Retardants

The old joke was: Americans eat so many preservatives, our corpses will never rot. Now, it turns out they won't burn either. Americans'… more

Twilight of the Market's Idols

The Bush administration's singular accomplishment has been to discredit the alleged virtues of free-market ideology.

Inside the Secret Facility

I cannot talk or write about what my clients tell me unless it is first vetted by Big Brother.

Smearing Israel's Critics

Finkelstein's rough treatment followed a national campaign initiated by right-wing supporters of Israel to taint his name.

Let's Pry Open Those Cold, Dead Hands

The lethal success of the gun lobby is rooted in its ability to sway legislators of both Democratic and Republican persuasion.