Social Justice

The Power of Music The Power of Music

Talking With Eddie Vedder, Boots Riley, Amy Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Morello

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ann Powers

Holy Rock ‘n’ Rollers Holy Rock ‘n’ Rollers

In Hicksville, Long Island, on any given Sunday afternoon, pierced and tattooed teenagers in black clothing gather to listen and watch as groups of kids like themselves tear th...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Sandler

Prize for Dolores Huerta Prize for Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta flouts the smug conventional wisdom that the 1960s are behind us. She won't settle down and become an anachronism.

Dec 5, 2002 / Tom Hayden

Lighting Labor’s Fire Lighting Labor’s Fire

While we wait for labor law reform, here are a few things unions can do.

Dec 5, 2002 / Feature / Thomas Geoghegan and Barbara Ehrenreich

WWJD? Protest Wal-Mart! WWJD? Protest Wal-Mart!

Support was provided by the Fund for Investigative Journalism and the Dick Goldensohn Fund, and is gratefully acknowledged. Liza Featherstone is writing a book about Wal-Mart and w...

Nov 22, 2002 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Straw Liberals and False Prophets Straw Liberals and False Prophets

One big problem with liberal and leftist debate about Al Qaeda or Iraq is that it rarely seems to have much to do with Al Qaeda or Iraq.

Nov 21, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

Antiwar Labor Pains Antiwar Labor Pains

Unions are edging into the peace movement, but they are still minor players.

Nov 21, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper

Alien Nation Alien Nation

When immigrant janitors in Boston went on strike this fall, they attracted some unlikely allies.

Nov 14, 2002 / Jennifer C. Berkshire

When in Rome… When in Rome…

At a V-Day summit, feminist antiviolence activists shared strategy and gnocchi.

Nov 14, 2002 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner

A Sex of One’s Own A Sex of One’s Own

Nature versus nurture was always too simple a formulation. Now, we ask: Is it chance, choice, family, culture, hormones or genes that determine who we are and whom we love?

Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein

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