Fighting Poverty in CT Fighting Poverty in CT
At 37 years of age, Deborah Glover says she had lived a middle-class life and never knew poverty. That all changed when she had a car accident, and as a single mother with three ...
Nov 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
As the World Burns As the World Burns
Uncomfortable questions nobody wants to raise about the worldwide drought.
Nov 18, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Confronting the Global Timber Barons Confronting the Global Timber Barons
From a church in a rugged rural parish in Honduras, Father Andres Tamayo leads a grassroots movement to protect dwindling timberlands. Bills introduced in the US Congress might hel...
Nov 17, 2007 / Feature / James North
Gay Muslims Unveiled in ‘Jihad for Love’ Gay Muslims Unveiled in ‘Jihad for Love’
Parvez Sharma's new documentary chronicles the experiences of gay and lesbian Muslims in seven countries, as they struggle to align their sexuality with their religion.
Nov 17, 2007 / Feature / Rashi Kesarwani
Condoleezza Rice’s Middle East Photo-Op Condoleezza Rice’s Middle East Photo-Op
The American-sponsored Middle East peace conference (or meeting or get-together) expected to be held in Annapolis , Maryland later this month has more to do with providing Secreta...
Nov 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Old McDonald Had a Farm…and He Got Arrested? Old McDonald Had a Farm…and He Got Arrested?
As consumers increasingly seek out farmers who raise organic and unpasteurized food, suddenly energized regulators claim they want to "protect" us from pathogens and other dangers....
Nov 17, 2007 / Feature / David E. Gumpert
Nancy Nord Likes Business More Than Children Nancy Nord Likes Business More Than Children
Parents in the US these days often seem only one step from the brink of panic in the best of times. So this past August when toxic toys from China, including the enormously popula...
Nov 16, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Insecurity Cameras Insecurity Cameras
The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.
Nov 16, 2007 / Feature / William Pentland
Obama and Islam Obama and Islam
Barack Obama represents "the only hope for the US in the Muslim world," according to Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Because Obama's father w...
Nov 16, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Clinton Plays the Gender Card for a Win Clinton Plays the Gender Card for a Win
Hillary Clinton, who joked about taking the stage wearing "an asbestos pantsuit" Thursday night, won what could turn out to be the critical debate of the race for the Democratic p...
Nov 16, 2007 / John Nichols