Gaza in the Crosshairs

Israel cites all the wrong reasons for its invasion of Gaza.

The Failed Prophet

As Wall Street collapses, so does Milton Friedman’s legacy.

Green Jobs for Whom?

Obama must ensure that the green economy provides a living wage and opportunity for all.

Attack of the Killer Robots

The Pentagon’s dream of a techno army is doomed to fail.

Unequal Education

No Child Left Behind demands equal test scores from neighborhoods with unequal incomes and resources.

Our Town vs. Exxon

Marine biologist Riki Ott explains how Cordova, Alaska, rebounded 20 years after the oil spill.

Detroit: City of Hope

Building a sustainable economy out of the ashes of industry.

film

Che the Man, Not the T-shirt

Soderbergh’s Che refuses to typecast the revolutionary.

film

A Massacre in 3/4 Time

Waltz with Bashir is hallucinatory, relentless, and amazing.

books

In Mexico, Resistance is Futile

John Gibler chronicles a country embattled, but not conquered.

Culture

Won’t Get Fooled Again

(Well … maybe just one more time.)

books

Not All Happy Families Are Nuclear

A new book chronicles experiments in domesticity.

Editorial

Gaza Under Siege

Gaza has been redefined. Gaza is now synonymous with carnage, rising death tolls, destroyed schools, and city streets slick with blood. As... more

Back Talk

The Dragon We Must Slay

Government oversight and regulation aren’t necessary evils; they are crucial to our political, economic and social survival. Period.

Views

Hilda Solis: Great Choice for Labor

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will need support from labor, religious and community activists to help create jobs and pass worker-friendly laws.

The Third Coast

Justice for Jon Burge’s Victims?

In the face of such charges of police torture, it seems odd that a group representing law and order would associate with the torture ringleader.

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Forget Marriage—Civil Unions For All

The state's job, then, would be to assign benefits, if any, to couples, but not to define who can enter into coupledom.