Slow Food Nation Slow Food Nation

Fast food is killing us--our environment, our politics and our culture. To change who we are as a nation, we must first change how we eat.

Aug 24, 2006 / Feature / Alice Waters

Monsantopoly Monsantopoly

Aug 24, 2006 / Feature / Anna Lappé and Matthew Willse

Librarians at the Gates Librarians at the Gates

At a time when free expression and the right to privacy are under attack, librarians are on the front lines protecting our constitutional rights every day. Here are five who are ma...

Aug 22, 2006 / Feature / Joseph Huff-Hannon

War Eclipses Gay Pride War Eclipses Gay Pride

Organizers had hoped the second World Pride conference in Jerusalem would challenge religious bias against gays. But the unfolding war in Lebanon got in the way.

Aug 20, 2006 / Feature / Michael Luongo

DC Edges Closer to Representation DC Edges Closer to Representation

The residents of the District of Columbia go to war and pay taxes, but they have never had a member of Congress to call their own. A measure has been introduced in the House that c...

Aug 20, 2006 / Feature / Sam Schramski

Troops and Hoops Troops and Hoops

There's something unnerving about USA Basketball's motivational tactics for the 2006 world championship--encouraging players to spend time with wounded Iraq veterans, in hopes of e...

Aug 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin

Ground Zero for Immigration Ground Zero for Immigration

A recent rally at the World Trade Center site displayed anti-immigration activists' latest tactics: distorting the truth and exploiting national security concerns.

Aug 19, 2006 / Feature / Ali Winston

The Strange Silence of Günter Grass The Strange Silence of Günter Grass

By concealing for a near-lifetime that he had served in the Waffen SS, literary giant Günter Grass treated himself with an indulgence he did not hesitate to deem a moral defec...

Aug 18, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Norman Birnbaum

Groundhog Day Groundhog Day

From all official statements so far, the August 10 terror plot uncovered in Britain was the biggest thing since 9/11. But then again, perhaps it wasn't. It's not too early to ask t...

Aug 18, 2006 / Feature / James K. Galbraith

Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet

Senator Ted Stevens has no idea how the Internet works, but he's asking Congress to remake it to suit the interests of the telecommunications industry. Can progressives apply the p...

Aug 18, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester