Reasonable Cause Reasonable Cause
Imagine cities you've Inhabited, streets Paved in lava stone. You never intended to pray In the temples, had Nothing to sell. Now imagine yourself Returning to those same cities. The river flows, the summit Emerges each morning from the haze. Hunt for people you knew, Knock on their doors. Ask yourself Where are the vases, animals Etched in gold? Where are the wines From distant places, Banquets ferreted From the bowels of the earth? While you were missing Other people wore Your garments, Slept in your bed. How frightening The man who said In his affliction Wood has hope. Cut down It will flourish. If the root grows old And the trunk withers In dust, at the scent of water It will germinate.
Jun 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
The Missionary Position The Missionary Position
Like radical Islamists and American interventionists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali's The Caged Virgin and Irshad Manji's The Trouble With Islam Today express great concern for Muslim women. But...
Jun 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Letter From Bolivia: Morales Moves Letter From Bolivia: Morales Moves
Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism party face two formidable foes: a far left discontented with neoliberalism and a combative rancher-based right wing.
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti
What They’re Marching For What They’re Marching For
With or without a comprehensive immigration bill, a working-class immigrant Latino movement is emerging--allied with progressive groups--that could reverse a tide of xenophobia and...
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Saurav Sarkar
A Shared Vision A Shared Vision
The vitality of the new Latino-led immigration movement could provide the spark to jolt the civil rights movement out of its complacency and create a shared notion of an imagined f...
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Salim Muwakkil
A Bronx Tale A Bronx Tale
Grassroots activists tap into the momentum of the immigrant rights movement to bring blacks and Latinos together on shared concerns.
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Michelle García
Voices of a New Movimiento Voices of a New Movimiento
As they push for immigrants rights legislation--and brace for the inevitable backlash--a diverse array of emerging leaders have their eyes on a larger prize.
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
Raising Their Wages Could Save Your Life Raising Their Wages Could Save Your Life
There's been a media frenzy lately on the shortage of nurses in this country. It's justified; this is a serious public health problem. If you've ever been hospitalized, you've pro...
Jun 1, 2006 / The Nation
Palestine: It’s All Over Palestine: It’s All Over
Israel's strategy in 1948 continues today: Make life so awful for Palestinians that most will depart, leaving a few bankrupt ghettos as memorials to the hopes for a Palestinian sta...
Jun 1, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Bush Is Asked Again If He Can Recall Any Mistakes Bush Is Asked Again If He Can Recall Any Mistakes
A contrite Commander in Chief will watch his words from here on.
Jun 1, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin