Leap into the Fray Leap into the Fray
The new generation of academics and scholars is challenged to join, elevate and improve the national conversation, and persuade the public to come back to politics.
May 30, 2006 / Feature / Victor Navasky
The Political Power of Words The Political Power of Words
The X factor in the midterm elections may well be the English language--specifically, the biased terminology that seeps unchallenged into mainstream media political coverage.
May 30, 2006 / Feature / Dean Powers
MySpace, MyPolitics MySpace, MyPolitics
The massive immigrant rights protests drew participants via technology-driven organizing, from text messaging to social networks like MySpace. Is this the shape of political campai...
May 30, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
Teamsters: Changing to Win? Teamsters: Changing to Win?
A strong Teamsters union is a powerful weapon in the fight for all working people. But the Teamsters need to rebuild their own house before they can rebuild labor's.
May 30, 2006 / Feature / William Johnson
Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada
Former Heisman trophy winner and ganja-smoking peacenik Ricky Williams is contemplating the sweet life in the Canadian Football League. Here's hoping he finds it.
May 26, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Sorel’s People Sorel’s People
In Literary Lives, caricaturist Edward Sorel tells all and then some about giants like Yeats, Proust, Hellman and Jung within the humble frame of a comic strip.
May 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
Big Brother Bugs Portland Big Brother Bugs Portland
Why does the FBI find it necessary to spy on Portand's City Council?
May 26, 2006 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter
Colombia’s Deep Divide Colombia’s Deep Divide
Colombia's subtly demagogic President Uribe gained the advantage in the upcoming election by leveraging the strength of anti-left paramilitaries, drug trafficking and a culture of ...
May 25, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Cindy Sheehan: Mother of a Movement? Cindy Sheehan: Mother of a Movement?
Cindy Sheehan is more a symbol of the peace movement than its leader, a unifying force who seeks to bridge divisions among those who seek an end to war.
May 25, 2006 / Feature / Karen Houppert
Seeking Justice Where There Is No Peace Seeking Justice Where There Is No Peace
As conditions worsen in Darfur, the nascent International Criminal Court, whose mandate is to bring genocidaires to justice in a chaotic environment hostile to the rule of law, is ...
May 24, 2006 / Feature / Anja Tranovich