magazine March 2009

Ending the War on Drugs

Will the Obama administration put justice back in the criminal justice system?

By Silja J.A. Talvi    criminal justice drugs obama

Orange Fades to Black

Heralded for its Orange Revolution five years ago, Ukraine is coming apart at the seams

By Fred Weir    economy europe international

Real Sex Ed Returns

But will Democrats axe abstinence-only?

By Steve Yoder    education medical & health

A Spectre is Haunting America

Ghosts of neoliberalism trouble Obama’s response to the recession

By David Moberg    civil liberties economy obama

A Nation Divided

If the war in Iraq is winding down, what does peace look like?

By David Enders    international military military war

Cafeteria Kickbacks

How food-service providers like Sodexo bilk millions from taxpayers.

By Lucy Komisar    corporations education food

Road Tripping Through Whitopia

Rich Benjamin set out to write about race‚ and wrote about class instead.

By David Sirota    books civil rights economy race

Resource Wars in Ecuador

Indigenous people accuse President Rafael Correa of selling out to mining interests.

SEIU Split Widens

And many worry about the consequences for California healthcare workers and the labor movement.

Blue People, Yellowcake

A nomadic, West African people are threatened by lucrative uranium mining.

Roy Bourgois Faces Excommunication

The Vatican threatens the Maryknoll priest for supporting the ordination of female priests.

El Salvador’s Left Turn?

Mixed results for 'el frente' in the country's congressional elections.

books

War Without Warriors

Robots have the perverse side effect of making war seem easy.

By Chris Barsanti    military military technology war

Culture

Watching The Watchers

Mass Observation returns for the Obama inauguration.

By Brian Cook    media obama politics

film

A Real-Life Fairytale

Chris and Don examines a love that dared to speak its name.

By Gary Barlow    culture gender movies

film

Always Look on the Bright Side of Genocide

When did the Holocaust become morally ambiguous?

By Michael Atkinson    movies war

books

The Big Other

A giant stalks the literary landscape.

By Achy Obejas    books

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All-Consuming Poverty

If you want to join a growing movement based on consuming less, you can unlock yourself from some relentless bills.

Editorial

The Audacity of Reform

How much stronger might our economy be today if legislators hadn't counted on the financial sector to bankroll their campaigns?

The Third Coast

Will Holder Hold Cops Accountable?

In a glitzy Houston suburb, police shot and severely injured Robert Tolan, a 23-year-old black man, in the driveway of his parents’ home.

Views

Closing America’s Torture Chambers

Guantanamo as a symbol must end, but also Guantanamo the parallel legal world that is anathema to American values and the rule of law.

Back Talk

Death by Chutzpah

Those now brandishing the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld chutzpah torch threaten to derail the very policies that might save us.