From the Streets to the Polls From the Streets to the Polls
Young, US-born Hispanics who took to the streets to push for immigrant rights are hoping to become a potent political force in the midterm elections and beyond.
Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Paloma Esquivel
The Hard Edge of Hatred The Hard Edge of Hatred
American white supremacist groups have a long and ugly history of using anxieties over immigration as a recruitment tool. It's happening again, with a vengeance.
Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Chip Berlet
Life in a Post-Carbon World Life in a Post-Carbon World
If we are to survive and prosper in an oil-short world, we must not only think outside the box--we must get rid of the box. We must abandon the long-held idea that growth is the pa...
Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Nightly Nativism Nightly Nativism
CNN pundit Lou Dobbs has made himself a "specialist" in channeling nativist, nationalist and even white supremacist rhetoric.
Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
Locked and Loaded Locked and Loaded
The Minutemen have been transformed from an extremist "citizen border patrol" to part of the neocon establishment. Has their leader sold out, or bought in?
Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Susy Buchanan and David Holthouse
Cease-Fire and Frustration Cease-Fire and Frustration
After thirty-one days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and more than 1,000 dead, the United Nations has finally passed a cease-fire. Now what?
Aug 13, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
The Semantics of Terror The Semantics of Terror
The easy invocation of "terrorism"--whether by pundits or political leaders--is not just sloppy use of language. It is precisely targeted phrasing intended to terrorize dissent.
Aug 12, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
The Problem with Pundits The Problem with Pundits
Pro-Lieberman Beltway pundits who whined about progressive bloggers and sounded noisy alarms about the disastrous impact of a Lamont win will have a lot of explaining to do come No...
Aug 11, 2006 / Feature / Eric Boehlert
Same Old Song Same Old Song
American history is marked by waves of immigrants--from Germans in the eighteenth century to Mexicans in the twenty-first--and by nativist backlashes against them.
Aug 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Tichenor
White Heat White Heat
Welcome to Nashville, Tennessee, the unlikely symbol of the biggest American immigrant resettlement since the Industrial Revolution. It's also the white-hot nexus of the new Americ...