Liza Featherstone

Contributing Writer

@lfeatherz

Liza Featherstone is a Nation contributing writer and the author of Divining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation.

Surge for Peace Surge for Peace

Thanks to the efforts of the peace movement and a significant shift in public opinion, we can stop this war. But it's not going to be easy.

Feb 2, 2007 / Liza Featherstone

Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy

Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.

Dec 17, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy

Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.

Dec 14, 2006 / Liza Featherstone

A Win for Women A Win for Women

Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.

Nov 9, 2006 / Liza Featherstone

Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote

The electoral process worked for pro-choice advocates in South Dakota, overturning an abortion ban with a grassroots appeal to keep the government out of citizens' personal lives....

Nov 8, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Mean or Green? Mean or Green?

Wal-Mart is serious about bringing organic food to the masses, but transportation costs and the retail giant's aggressive competitive ways could end up hurting small farms and the ...

Aug 24, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Spin Control at Wal-Mart Spin Control at Wal-Mart

A hard-hitting documentary, an embarrassing leaked memo on healthcare and abandonment by customers who don't like its politics. It's getting harder these days for Wal-Mart to put o...

Nov 3, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

On the Wal-Mart Money Trail On the Wal-Mart Money Trail

As the nation's wealthiest family, the Waltons could be a force for social good. But when they choose to spend their fortune lobbying for pet projects, tax cuts and charter schools...

Nov 3, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Peaceniks Flood DC Peaceniks Flood DC

Last week's antiwar rally in Washington sent a single, unequivocal message: At home and abroad, the Bush Administration is a complete failure.

Sep 29, 2005 / Liza Featherstone

Make Levees, Not War Make Levees, Not War

New Orleans was top-of-mind for more than 100,000 peace advocates in Washington who delivered a clear and unified message, protesting the Bush Administration's war in Iraq and its ...

Sep 25, 2005 / Liza Featherstone

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