Fierce Convictions Fierce Convictions
Every other week, in the pages of this magazine, Katha Pollitt collects her thoughts in her column, "Subject to Debate." To say that Pollitt's column is a hotbed of feminist po...
Aug 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Goldstein
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...
The New Nativism The New Nativism
The nation must address the working-class anxieties underlying the anti-Hispanic sentiments now rising in Middle America--and Congress must pass an enlightened immigration bill tha...
Aug 10, 2006 / The Editors
Crisis in Lebanon Crisis in Lebanon
The inactivity of the Bush Administration on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is armchair warfare against the interests of all. For peace, we must press for an immediate cease-fire.
Aug 10, 2006 / The Editors
Birth Pangs of a New Christian Zionism Birth Pangs of a New Christian Zionism
Rapture-ready Christian Zionists have hired their first full-time Washington lobbyist. He's experienced, connected--and, oy vey, he's Jewish.
Aug 8, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Israeli Doves Challenge the War Israeli Doves Challenge the War
According to the Western media, most Israelis, including leading peace advocates, support the ongoing war in Lebanon. But Israeli doves are beginning to speak out. Will it make a d...
Aug 7, 2006 / Feature / Jon Wiener
The Left Gets Real The Left Gets Real
Is the coziness of progressives and foreign policy realists a strategic alliance or a sign that the conservative co-optation of "human rights" has disillusioned the left?
Aug 4, 2006 / Feature / Eyal Press
You Can Keep the Faith You Can Keep the Faith
Major League Baseball's new "Faith Days" campaign is about more than family-friendly Christian entertainment with a twist of commerce.
Jul 28, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
A Burnt-Out Case A Burnt-Out Case
A new biography of Timothy Leary reveals the mixed-up sociopath behind the "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra.
Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Neal Pollack