The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration? The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration?
The World Social Forum in Caracas provided living proof of alternative political and social visions, but raised new questions about government co-optation.
Feb 16, 2006 / Feature / Michael Blanding
Political Science Political Science
NASA climatologist James E. Hansen won't let political pressure from the Bush Administration blunt the urgency of his research on global warming: It's not too late to mitigate th...
Feb 14, 2006 / Feature / Bryan Farrell
Historians Target Iraq War Historians Target Iraq War
Historians and activists join forces in Texas this weekend to explore how the tools of historical analysis can bolster the case for an immediate end to the war in Iraq.
Feb 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jim O’Brien
Spin to the Right Spin to the Right
Coretta Scott King's funeral should have been a paean to liberal values. Instead, talking heads nattered over the etiquette of speaking truth to power.
Feb 10, 2006 / Feature / Mark Hatch-Miller
Congress Stirs to Rein in the President Congress Stirs to Rein in the President
In the wake of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on warrantless spying, bipartisan efforts to rein in the Bush Administration's exercise of executive power are gaining momentum.
Feb 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
A Letter to the American Left A Letter to the American Left
The American left is in a semi-comatose state, thanks to the striking ideological transformation wrought by its neoconservative battalions.
Feb 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Bernard-Henri Lévy
Reversing ‘Right to Work’ Reversing ‘Right to Work’
Labor activists in Idaho hope to repeal repressive "Right To Work" laws and educate a new generation on the history of labor struggles.
Feb 8, 2006 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
A New Black Power A New Black Power
It's time to transform the two-party system into something more equitable by introducing smaller political groups based on special interests: Consider the power of a black voting b...
Feb 8, 2006 / Feature / Walter Mosley
Senators Mull an Internet With Restrictions Senators Mull an Internet With Restrictions
Telephone and cable bigwigs pitched their vision of a pay-to-play Internet to the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday, and web visionaries pushed back. Lawmakers seemed baffled by th...
Feb 8, 2006 / Feature / Celia Viggo Wexler and Dawn Holian
Fury Over Foreigners Fury Over Foreigners
Western cartoons deemed insulting to Islam are only part of what is fueling mob frenzy in Afghanistan. Growing rage against the presence of foreign troops and frustration with inef...
Feb 7, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti