A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring
If love has been exhausted as a literary theme, has it vanished from our experience of life as well?
Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz
American Idle American Idle
As GM shutters a plant, an Ohio city in decline struggles to imagine a future.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Christopher Phelps
Standing Up for Change Standing Up for Change
A growing number of Californians are organizing to develop solutions.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
West Coast Wasteland West Coast Wasteland
Savage budget cuts and political dysfunction are tearing California's social infrastructure apart.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Muscling Latin America Muscling Latin America
The Pentagon has a new Monroe Doctrine.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Greg Grandin
America’s Anti-Incumbent Mood America’s Anti-Incumbent Mood
Chris Hayes argues that anger and frustration about the economy are at the root of America's disapproval of Obama's first year in office.
Jan 21, 2010 / Countdown
Security Contractors Set Sights on Haiti Security Contractors Set Sights on Haiti
Jeremy Scahill discusses how Haiti's earthquake creates the perfect environment for security contractors to intervene and take advantage of the lawless state.
Jan 21, 2010 / Countdown
Lessons Not Learned Lessons Not Learned
A year ago I was freezing on the Mall with a few million others, watching the inauguration of a new President. Today I'm sweltering in my unnaturally hot office, fearing the inaugu...
Jan 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Resistance is Coming to the Vancouver Olympics Resistance is Coming to the Vancouver Olympics
I am far from home here in Vancouver to learn more about the coming Winter Olympic Games in February.
Jan 21, 2010 / Dave Zirin
(Untitled) (Untitled)
night promises to be long there we'll remain alone or maybe there we'll never be lonely artists of the impossible we hardly belong to ourselves our shadows weave the illusion of our dreams and feed with slow movements they shriek across an instant night's envelope is torn they go mad and search about in their blazing heart they need to hear once more silence's echo turned to stone (Translated from the French by Peter Thompson)
Jan 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Amina Saïd