magazine July 5, 2004

Making Enemies

Politics, profit, and Bush’s North Korea policy

By Matthew Reiss    administration asia international politics

The Wal-Mart Effect

The hows and whys of beating the Bentonville behemoth

By David Moberg    corporations economy labor

Detention Center Blues

On April 7, politicians and law enforcement officials gathered in Tacoma, Washington, to celebrate the opening of the Department… more

By Dan Frosch    civil liberties corporations economy international judiciary

Hawkeyes Eye Mercury

Iowa becomes the first state to ban thimerosal from vaccines

Book em!

L.A. activists tailed, arrested on way to Liberation Weekend conference

A Little Help From My Friends

34 Million Friends for the UNFPA is the culmination of a sleepless night that an outraged Jane Roberts spent… more

Roundups Ratcheted

Undocumented immigrants arrested en masse in new Homeland Security program

Media Culpa

I confess, I’m a sycophant, even if my bootlicking inclines less toward, oh say, Bush administration officials than foul-mouthed… more

By Cynthia Moothart    media politics

film

Farmingville Lessons

When Carlos Sandoval—a Manhattan lawyer of Latino heritage—read while vacationing in Long Island about violence against Latinos in a… more

By Pat Aufderheide    international

Will Your State Be the Florida of 2004?

537 Do you know what this number is? It’s the number of votes by which Bush supposedly beat Gore… more

By Billy Wimsatt    activism elections politics social justice

music

Brazil by Bus

Brazilian singer and composer Caetano Veloso has been called alternately Brazil’s answer to Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Bob… more

By Don Thrasher   

Truth and Consequences

When Ignorance Isnt Bliss

To cut through the din, here are five congressional votes everyone should know—straight from the you-can’t-make-this-up file.

Editorial

No News is Bad News

The Bush White House has turned hiding politically unpalatable—or embarrassing—information into an art form. The list is long: The lies about Iraq’s weapons… more

The Third Coast

Black Journalisms Bright Light

Black journalism was born in a spirit of protest, and that tradition has been a touchstone for many black activists who considered journalism a natural extension of their mission.