The Supergirl Syndrome The Supergirl Syndrome
The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl--smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all--is a model of perfection that's hard to live up to. Can't girls just be free to ...
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
A Dangerous Little Beehive? A Dangerous Little Beehive?
A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
May 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rosa Miriam Elizalde
Miami Vise Miami Vise
Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Max J. Castro
A New Stance Toward Havana A New Stance Toward Havana
The peaceful transfer of power in Cuba presents an opportunity for the US government to abandon its policy of perpetual hostility.
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Julia E. Sweig
The Higher Education Scam The Higher Education Scam
Marilee Jones excelled as admissions dean at MIT, until she was fired for falsifying her resume. But what good is a college degree, anyway?
Apr 30, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
Pull the Plug on the Mercenary War Pull the Plug on the Mercenary War
Who will stop the shadow US army in Iraq? Don't count on Congressional Democrats.
Apr 30, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
The Future of the Party? The Future of the Party?
Did the recent College Democrats of New York State Convention augur a new day for the Democratic Party?
Apr 27, 2007 / Feature / Habiba Alcindor
The Democrats’ Depressing Debate The Democrats’ Depressing Debate
The candidates ignored race, class and religion, and fumbled the key question of how to get out of Iraq.
Watching the Reporters Watching the Reporters
After three foreign correspondents are decertified, is Cuba sending a message to the international press corps?
Apr 26, 2007 / Feature / John Dinges
Ferdinand VII Ferdinand VII
Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?
Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal