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Feature
Eco-Injustice in Paraguay
A child dies after being enveloped by toxic pesticides on a soybean mega-farm, and two landowners are found guilty of homicide. Four years later, they still haven’t paid the price for the crime.
Jessica Weisberg and Benjamin Brown
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Framing the Presidency
What kind of executive branch of government did the framers of the Constitution have in mind? Not the runaway powers now claimed by the Bush Administration.
Aziz Huq
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A New Paradigm for Peace in Iraq
Who says the Iraq debacle is unsolvable? There are decisive, meaningful steps that can be taken to stop the bloodletting and promote stability in the region.
Jeremy Brecher
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Obama’s Impressive Youthroots
Barack Obama’s youthful supporters are using Facebook and other social networking web tools to spark a movement that could make a real difference.
Sam Graham-Felsen
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Out of Africa
The World Social Forum marched into Nairobi full of conflict, action and ideas.
Alisa Solomon
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What Kind of Economy?
Progressives need to create an economic agenda that encompasses the environment and social justice.
James K. Galbraith
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L’Étranger
The media have fashioned an impossible portrait of Barack Obama: an American cleansed of the baggage of racism and slavery.
Patricia J. Williams
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Editorial
Pro-Immigrant Populism
Immigration reform should be shaped by progressive values that prize the dignity of all workers.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger
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McCain Mutiny
Outraged by his failure to stick to a far-right agenda as he pursues the presidency, Senator John McCain’s conservative base in Arizona is abandoning him.
Max Blumenthal
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Targeting Tehran
As the Bush Administration steps up its campaign against Iran, opponents have a dual responsibility: to contest the strategic context for escalation and to bar specific acts of aggression.
Michael T. Klare
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War Drums on Iran
Congress and the media must challenge unsourced White House allegations of Iran’s involvement in Iraq or risk a disastrous, widening war.
The Editors
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Column
In the Morgue
To understand the human costs of US actions in Iraq, read the blog postings of Iraqi employees of the McClatchy News Service Baghdad bureau.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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White History 101
Why can’t white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?
Gary Younge
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Sold to Mr. Gordon, Another Bridge!
The New York Times‘s credulous reporting of flimsy “evidence” regarding Iranian weapons in Iraq is enabling Bush’s anti-Iran propaganda drive.
Alexander Cockburn
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Books & the Arts
Before the Law
Isaac B. Singer: A Life fails to fully illustrate the complexity of the writer’s struggle with his heritage.
Vivian Gornick
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Sect Symbols
To understand why the playground of Beirut has again become a battleground, look beyond the myth-making biographies of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Annia Ciezadlo
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White History 101
Why can’t white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?
Gary Younge
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Letters