Rethinking the Movement Rethinking the Movement
As any casual observer of mega-bookstore shelves knows, the history of the modern civil rights movement is a well-studied field.
Nov 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Arnesen
‘Obscure as That Heaven of the Jews’ ‘Obscure as That Heaven of the Jews’
In the rabbi's parable a lame one climbs Onto a blind one's shoulders and together They take the fruit of the garden of the Lord.
Nov 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Robert Pinsky
The New Apartheid The New Apartheid
Ashwin Desai's "We Are the Poors" is one of the best books yet on globalization and resistance.
Nov 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Klein
Letter From Chile Letter From Chile
Neoliberalism has produced an eco-crisis.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Jimmy Langman
Blacks and the Democratic Party Blacks and the Democratic Party
Voters felt devalued and heard no message, so many of them stayed home.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Ron Walters
Pentagon Hawks Take Wing Pentagon Hawks Take Wing
A new Defense Department spy office could politicize intelligence gathering.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Jason Vest
Letter to America Letter to America
Resentment of US policies is growing.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Jürgen Habermas
Mumia’s Appeal Mumia’s Appeal
Mumia's Appeal After decades of legal and political maneuvering, the twenty-year-old death-penalty case of black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal is entering a critical stage.
Nov 26, 2002 / Dave Lindorff
Hunger USA Hunger USA
Tony Hall, just before leaving Congress in September, sat in his office in Longworth House Office Building and thought of something that had stuck with him since a trip to Appa...
Nov 26, 2002 / David Sarasohn