magazine February 2009

Gaza in the Crosshairs

Israel cites all the wrong reasons for its invasion of Gaza.

By Neve Gordon    middle east

The Failed Prophet

As Wall Street collapses, so does Milton Friedman’s legacy.

By Sen. Bernie Sanders    economy politics social justice

Green Jobs for Whom?

Obama must ensure that the green economy provides a living wage and opportunity for all.

By Christopher Weber    economy environment technology

Attack of the Killer Robots

The Pentagon’s dream of a techno army is doomed to fail.

By Eric Stoner    military military technology war

Unequal Education

No Child Left Behind demands equal test scores from neighborhoods with unequal incomes and resources.

By Michelle Chen    education race social justice

Our Town vs. Exxon

Marine biologist Riki Ott explains how Cordova, Alaska, rebounded 20 years after the oil spill.

By Silja J.A. Talvi    corporations environment technology

Detroit: City of Hope

Building a sustainable economy out of the ashes of industry.

By Grace Lee Boggs    detroit economy social justice

Blackwater to Battle Pirates

The private security firm eyes a new market: the high seas.

Victory for Smithfield Workers

A 16-year unionization campaign gets a happy ending.

This Land Is Their Land

The Landless Workers Movement claims a big victory in southern Brazil.

Cross-Cultural in Connecticut

After 10 years, a Mexican family reunites.

GI Skinhead

An FBI report details white supremacists' recruitment of military personnel.

film

Che the Man, Not the T-shirt

Soderbergh’s Che refuses to typecast the revolutionary.

By Ben Kenigsberg    movies politics

film

A Massacre in 3/4 Time

Waltz with Bashir is hallucinatory, relentless, and amazing.

By Michael Atkinson    middle east movies

books

In Mexico, Resistance is Futile

John Gibler chronicles a country embattled, but not conquered.

By Kari Lydersen    books mexico social justice

Culture

Won’t Get Fooled Again

(Well … maybe just one more time.)

By Brian Cook    books culture economy

books

Not All Happy Families Are Nuclear

A new book chronicles experiments in domesticity.

By Mandy Van Deven    books family gender

Editorial

Gaza Under Siege

Gaza has been redefined. Gaza is now synonymous with carnage, rising death tolls, destroyed schools, and city streets slick with blood. As In… more

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Hilda Solis: Great Choice for Labor

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will need support from labor, religious and community activists to help create jobs and pass worker-friendly laws.

Back Talk

The Dragon We Must Slay

Government oversight and regulation aren’t necessary evils; they are crucial to our political, economic and social survival. Period.

The Third Coast

Justice for Jon Burge’s Victims?

In the face of such charges of police torture, it seems odd that a group representing law and order would associate with the torture ringleader.

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Forget Marriage—Civil Unions For All

The state's job, then, would be to assign benefits, if any, to couples, but not to define who can enter into coupledom.