magazine March 29, 2004

Who Owns the Sky?

Reviving the Commons

By David Bollier    activism economy environment politics social justice technology

War Profiteering and You

So the vice president’s former employer’s been in the news a lot lately. Bilking the U.S. government for millions… more

By Christopher Hayes    administration corporations economy war in iraq

Plunder and Profit

The IMF and World Bank continue to push privatization, in spite of its massive failures

By David Moberg    economy international

No Romeo

Appeals court defies Lawrence v. Texas

Coming to Grief

Like the breeze of late winter, a single word, unspoken, has rippled through the recent funerals of several U.S.… more

Hostile Takeover

Anti-immigration coalition seeks control of Sierra Club

film

Passion: Regular or Decaf?

Those who virulently criticized Mel Gibson’s The Passion even before its release seem unassailable: Are they not justified to… more

By Slavoj Zizek    religion social justice

theater

Embedded

The following is an excerpt from Embedded, a play written and directed by Tim Robbins that is being performed… more

By Tim Robbins    politics

books

Ghost in the Machine

There’s a discordant note in the title of distinguished journalist William Greider’s new book about fundamental problems of American… more

books

Straight out of Gijon

Spanish rock group Manta Ray hails from the city of Gijón, but the creatively ambitious quartet has little in… more

By Don Thrasher    south america

Power Pop

The Sludge Report

If someone is out there spreading rumors among gossip hounds, the press has still done nothing to impede him.

Editorial

Beyond Regime Change

Many of Nader’s most fervent former supporters are saying they will stick with the Democratic nominee, no matter who it may be.

The Third Coast

The End of Third World Solidarity?

Through artful deployment of Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, the Bushites have put reasonable brown faces on policies that continue the U.S. tradition of bombing dark people.

It's Raining Amendment

Lost in the storm is the real risk to religious liberty that would come from embedding a particular religious bias about marriage in the nation’s founding document

House Call

How a Bad Bill Becomes Law

Step one: Use your bill to raise massive amounts of political cash from friendly corporate interests.

Barriers, Real and Imagined

The goal was to present Israel’s position, summed up in four words: We are the victims.