magazine July 2009

Auto Task Force Outsources Jobs

Obama's recovery plan steers GM and Chrysler in the wrong direction
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By Roger Bybee   

Fighting the Cloud Factory

Marisol Becerra dreams of a clean neighborhood and world.

By Kari Lydersen   

Can a Union Divided Stand?

UNITE HERE dissolves in conflict ... with a little help from SEIU.

By David Moberg   

Death of the Newspaperman

Don't blame the Internet, the industry's decline is self-inflicted.

By David Simon   

Snapshot: Borderline Frustrations

SAN YSIDRO--On June 1, Pedestrians stand in line while waiting to cross into the United States from Mexico at… more

SEIU Fights Banks Over Bonuses

One of the largest unions in the country may alter corporations' executive pay practices.

Anarchists Go to Church

Mount Hope files federal suit against Bash Back! over Sunday morning protest.

Small Towns vs. Nestlé

Rural residents organize to keep their water out of corporate water bottles.

All-American Squatters

Take Back the Land is "liberating" foreclosed homes to fight homelessness.

books

Algren Revisited, One Last Time

A new posthumous collection proves that Nelson Algren's talent outlasted his desire to use it.

By Edward McClelland   

books

The Real History of a Radical

Putting I.F. Stone in perspective.

By Doug Ireland    media politics

books

Their Island, Our Shame

Indigenous Indian Ocean islanders were brutally displaced nearly 40 years ago to make way for a U.S. military base.

By Eve Ottenberg   

film

Cinema in the Sand

Refugees and celebrities draw attention to a forgotten conflict.

By Stefan Simanowitz   

Editorial

Buy Back Our Government

When it comes to living large with the public's money, members of Britain's Parliament have nothing on members of Congress.

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More Drugs, Please

North America and Europe consume 89 percent of the world’s morphine, but 32 of Africa’s 53 countries have almost no morphine distribution at all.

Back Talk

Jon & Kate Plus Mindless Drivel

Has Jon been cheating on Kate? Has Kate been cheating on Jon? Are they going to split up? Who the hell are these people?! And why should I care?

The Third Coast

Government-Assisted Terrorists

The FBI informant allegedly gave the four men cash, food, rent money and drugs. And he agreed to pay for a sick brother’s liver transplant.