Democracy, on Mic and on Camera

A new film offers a nuanced and inspiring portrait of the role hip-hop activists have played in the politics of Senegal.

Cora Currier

Obama Set for a Summit in the Sun

Barack Obama encounters Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for the first time at the Summit of the Americas, and the future of US-Latin America relations takes a new turn.

Benjamin Dangl

Elsie Fox: Still Here

A woman of passion and principle traces the history of the American left. At 101, she's still with us.

Brian Kahn

Blowback at the Border

Drug prohibition and unregulated guns gave us the Mexican drug wars.

Peter Schrag

Can China Catch a Cool Breeze?

The planet's future depends largely on the fate of China's nascent wind sector.

Christian Parenti

Dixieland Blues

Southern governors' resistance to the federal stimulus package has deep roots.

Katherine S. Newman and Rourke O’Brien

The Creativity Stimulus

Creating jobs for artists--good for the economy and even better for the imagination.

Jeff Chang

Wild About Harry

Taking a cue from FDR, Britain launches the New Deal of the Mind.

D.D. Guttenplan

Obama and the Big Dogs

When great crimes are committed--by the big dogs of Wall Street or those who torture in our name--they will either bully their way out or be called to account. Is Obama tough enough to do what's right?

William Greider

America’s UN Boycott Backfires

By choosing to boycott the UN conference on racism, the United States has increased the clout of Iran's Ahmadinejad and undermined global efforts to defeat intolerance.

Barbara Crossette

Michelle Obama’s Fresh Food Revolution

The First Lady hopes to entice Americans away from their junk food past to a healthier, more delicious future.

Mark Hertsgaard

No Such Thing as Free News

Free news delivered via search engine is part of the same freeloading zeitgeist that has shattered the larger economy. Newspapers need to draw the line.

Michael Moran

Seat Senator Franken

It's time for the GOP to end this charade.

John Nichols

Obama’s Nuclear Challenge

Obama's promise to move toward disarmament is not the same as achieving it.

Jonathan Schell

Noted.

John Nichols on Michelle Obama's garden, R.H. Lossin on bounced-check fees, David Cole on the rule of law, Russian kudos for Stephen F. Cohen

the Editors

Webb’s Prison Crusade

The Virginia senator's willingness to take up this cause is evidence that the culture gap may be closing.

Christopher Hayes

The Gates Revolution

The ghosts of Vietnam are everywhere, as counterinsurgency makes a comeback in the Pentagon budget.

Michael T. Klare

Thievery Under TARP

We're being robbed. A scathing report by the Treasury Department's inspector general says the TARP program is mismanaged and rife with potential fraud.

Robert Scheer

The Pinstripe Patriot Act

The New York Yankees are forcing the owner's religious and political beliefs on every fan admitted to its $1.5 billion cathedral of baseball. How long can they get away with it?

Dave Zirin

Huskies’ Glory Stolen By Coach

Despite all their well-deserved success, the UConn women's basketball team struggles in the shadow of their megalomaniacal coach Geno Auriemma.

Dave Zirin

A Lexicon of Disappointment

All is not well in Obamafanland, as disenchanted supporters entertain the possibility that he is not, in fact, going to save the world.

Naomi Klein

What Do (Battered) Women Want?

We take it for granted that when men hit, it's up to women to run away. Except, some of them stay.

Katha Pollitt

Dead Souls

Life sentences without possibility of parole contribute to the ever-expanding gulag of our criminal justice system.

Alexander Cockburn

On Dealing With Pirates

A different kind of ransom.

Calvin Trillin

Democracy, on Mic and on Camera

A new film offers a nuanced and inspiring portrait of the role hip-hop activists have played in the politics of Senegal.

Cora Currier

Wilson Agonistes: The Battle Over Woodrow Wilson

More than any other president's, the luster of Woodrow Wilson's legacy corresponds with vogues in foreign policy.

David Milne

Not Easy Being Greene: Graham Greene’s Letters

A Life in Letters as chronicled by the determinedly elusive Graham Greene.

Michelle Orange

This Small Extravagance: The Life of Shakespeare’s Mind

Writing a biography of the mind of Shakespeare is a challenge that requires the ingenuity of an artist.

James Longenbach

The Creativity Stimulus

Creating jobs for artists--good for the economy and even better for the imagination.

Jeff Chang

Wild About Harry

Taking a cue from FDR, Britain launches the New Deal of the Mind.

D.D. Guttenplan

Not Easy Being Greene: Graham Greene’s Letters

A Life in Letters as chronicled by the determinedly elusive Graham Greene.

Michelle Orange

Letters

C. Wright Mills, Man for All Seasons

Bar Harbor Island, Fla.

Our Readers and Christine Smallwood

Puzzle No. 3167

ACROSS

 1 Providence may have such a radical type, but one might prove chicken! (5,6,3)

Frank W. Lewis