United Socialist States of America United Socialist States of America
Last night Stephen Colbert quite cleverly invited the actualSocialist candidate for President ontohis show, to give him the opportunity to state the blindinglyobvious: Obama's no...
Oct 29, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Hooked: Bottomless Appetites and Overfished Seas Hooked: Bottomless Appetites and Overfished Seas
Three new books chronicle our wanton depletion of ocean life.
Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso
The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants
Upstairs and downstairs with Virginia, Vanessa and the Bloomsbury set.
Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair
Lullaby: Susan Stewart’s Red Rover Lullaby: Susan Stewart’s Red Rover
In language stark and plain as hymns, Susan Stewart explores our insatiable desire to find meaning in remembrance.
Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Sarah Palin’s Bubble Deflates Just as Her Clothing Bills Arrive Sarah Palin’s Bubble Deflates Just as Her Clothing Bills Arrive
All dressed up with no place to go.
Oct 29, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters Letters
China's Confucian Revival
Dent, Minn.
Oct 29, 2008 / Our Readers, Daniel Lazare, and Orville Schell
Manifesto Manifesto
after Breton When I dream, I vote. Exercise my rights as citizen of the dream state to terra-form the future. Work to abolish the most abject poverty of all-- that of knowing only one world. Activists, lovers-- don't just entwine your bodies, but also dreams. When you sleep together, go all the way!
Oct 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Equi
Olbermann Comment: Sarah Palin Is a Socialist Olbermann Comment: Sarah Palin Is a Socialist
Palin is accusing Obama of advocating socialism even though she supports collective wealth sharing in her home state of Alaska.
Oct 29, 2008 / Countdown
India’s Persecuted Christians India’s Persecuted Christians
Members of India's poorest classes who converted to Christianity to escape the caste system, now find themselves the targets of brutal persecution by Hindu nationalists.
Oct 29, 2008 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Seismic Shifts in the Political Landscape Seismic Shifts in the Political Landscape
There's clearly a new political landscape forming in the U.S. That's what the polls are telling us. It's not just that the first major-party black candidate for President is lead...
Oct 29, 2008 / TomDispatch