Activism

Single-Issue Solipsism Single-Issue Solipsism

NARAL ProChoice America wants its sisters in Connecticut to support Joe Lieberman. Are they out of their minds?

Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A Light in Brooklyn A Light in Brooklyn

In Brooklyn, a beleaguered Arab-American community copes with bigotry and heightened government scrutiny post-9/11.

Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi

Hog Hell Hog Hell

Low wages, segregation and dangerous working conditions in a North Carolina factory reveal a meatpacking industry where labor laws no longer matter.

Aug 27, 2006 / Feature / Eric Schlosser

Hard Labor Hard Labor

The organic label means your food is pesticide-free, but an investigation into California farms reveals that the label means nothing but pain for the workers who produced it.

Aug 24, 2006 / Feature / Felicia Mello

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

No Presents, Please No Presents, Please

The only thing more absurd than the wedding gift the British government just gave Katha Pollitt is the fact that our government denies gays such benefits.

Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Take Back Our Country Take Back Our Country

Fighting words from a 98-year-old activist about the power of the people to demand peace and achieve peace justice in these troubled times.

Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Elsie Fox

Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes

After pressure from the local newspaper and the City Council questioning the use of sweatshop labor to create Pittsburgh Pirates regalia, Major League Baseball seems willing to lis...

Jul 14, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin and Derek Tyner

Rage Against the MSMachine Rage Against the MSMachine

The Yearly Kos Convention revealed a blogosphere whose media critique is hampered by its political ambitions. Why can't progressives repair the press, not dismantle it?

Jul 14, 2006 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry

Green Grows Grassroots Green Grows Grassroots

In the Bush era, the green movement has become a paper tiger. It must regroup, reframe and reach out across the lines of race and class that have kept environmental issues at the p...

Jul 13, 2006 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard

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