Interrogations Behind Barbed Wire

Who's to blame for America's new torture techniques?

Dreaming Up New Politics

Thinking different in an age of fantasy

Solidarity Without Borders

Confronted with multinationals and business-friendly trade agreements, unions have begun to act globally

Eyes Off the Prize

As Iraq dominates U.S. attention, China, India and Iran are emerging as the next world powers

Education Reform: Pass or Fail?

As No Child Left Behind comes due for reauthorization, questions remain about whether it really helps children learn

Kucinich Comes Back for 08

To his supporters, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) represents the sane voice of the Democratic Party--a man who reads... more

A Politically Correct Lexicon

Your 'how-to' guide to avoid offending anyone

In You More Than Yourself

The revolutionary potential of the Internet is far from self-evident

books

A Wingnut in Sheeps Clothing

It's deluded to imagine that human beings are rational creatures. Fearmongering works, which is why every election season... more

Whos Afraid of Peter Boyle?

"Bad Revolutions," backlash and Peter Boyle's dark night of the soul

film

Mr. Smith Doesnt Go To Washington

One of 15 films shortlisted for a 2006 Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary, Can Mr. Smith Get To Washington... more

Faith Healing with Homeopathy

The modern day patient's dillema: Have faith in 19th century magic or trust a pharmaceutical industry that suppresses negative outcomes, bribes doctors and hires ghost writers to author favorable studies?

Droppin' a Dime

Cultivating the Media Garden

Bill Moyers delivered a withering critique of Republican attempts to spin the public and cow the media into somnolence.

The Third Coast

Baracks Black Dilemma

Many blacks wonder if mainstream whites love Obama because of his lack of history as a slave, which elicits no feelings of historical guilt.

Editorial

Thirty More Years

Back in 1976, when James Weinstein decided to move to Chicago to start In These Times, his inspiration was Appeal to Reason, a... more

Inside America's Gulag

According to the U.S. government, Guantánamo Bay is leased to Uncle Sam by the Cuban government. However, Cuba does... more

Molly And the Mainstream

Molly Ivins was a fierce critic of hypocrisy and venality, and she was very, very funny: Her bullshit detector was possibly the most finely honed in the business.