Poverty Is Hazardous to Your Health Poverty Is Hazardous to Your Health
With the exception of John Edwards's plan to eradicate poverty, the concerns of the poor seem to have fallen off the progressive agenda for 2008.
Sep 20, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt
‘Jena Is America’ ‘Jena Is America’
Jena, Louisiana, has become a national symbol of racial injustice, as civil rights activists converge on the town to protest a miscarriage of justice against six black teens.
Sep 20, 2007 / Column / Gary Younge
The March on Jena The March on Jena
Thousands of civil rights activists are heading to Louisiana this week to protest a case of gross injustice--and the system that supports racial inequality across America.
Sep 17, 2007 / Feature / Mark Sorkin
Fear of Restrooms Fear of Restrooms
Now that we know there's a vice squad deployed to find people looking to hook up for quickies in airport bathrooms, air travel has taken on a whole new dimension.
Sep 17, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Those Cheating Patriots Those Cheating Patriots
In an era of technology-driven sports, the question of what is and isn't cheating can get pretty murky. But Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots were caught red-handed.
Sep 14, 2007 / Dave Zirin
John Gofman’s Nuclear Courage John Gofman’s Nuclear Courage
Remembering an eminent scientist who fought tirelessly to protect human health from the hazards of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
Sep 14, 2007 / Feature / Joseph J. Mangano
Beware of Fat People Beware of Fat People
There is no doubt that there is plenty to be concerned about when it comes to our unhealthy diets.
Sep 14, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Getting Away With Murder Getting Away With Murder
The brutal murder of a bishop and its violent aftermath exemplify post-civil war Guatemala's descent into chaos
Sep 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
The Passenger The Passenger
In a posthumously published memoir, Ryszard Kapuscinski looks back on his life as a pathbreaking literary journalist who covered the Third World during the cold war.
Sep 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice
Why the Silence? Why the Silence?
Leaders of the Jewish community who have resisted calls to voice opposition to the war can no longer justify their failure to speak out.
Sep 13, 2007 / Feature / Arthur Waskow