A Win for Women A Win for Women
Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.
Nov 9, 2006 / Editorial / Liza Featherstone
Haggard Values Haggard Values
The homophobic values vote took a body blow in the midterm elections, helped along by hypocrisy in high places.
Nov 9, 2006 / Editorial / Richard Kim
Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote Democracy Worked for SD Abortion Vote
The electoral process worked for pro-choice advocates in South Dakota, overturning an abortion ban with a grassroots appeal to keep the government out of citizens' personal lives....
Nov 8, 2006 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner
Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota Reproductive Rights on the Line in South Dakota
An initiative that seeks to overturn South Dakota's draconian ban on abortion will have implications in states across the country.
Oct 22, 2006 / Editorial / Kate Michelman
Soldiers of Conscience Soldiers of Conscience
A peace activist argues that if soldiers like Lieut. Ehren Watada succeed in convincing the courts that they have a right to refuse to fight in unjust and illegal wars, the world w...
Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Staughton Lynd
SNAP! SNAP!
A unique student-run organization is making real strides mobilizing progressive voters for victory in the long haul.
Oct 19, 2006 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen
The Myth of Microloans The Myth of Microloans
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has helped a lot of poor women, but the basic problem in developing countries is landlessness. A $130 microloan won't solve that problem.
Oct 19, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Downsized but Not Out Downsized but Not Out
United Professionals, a new organization for college-educated workers at risk in a global economy, is joining the movement for economic justice.
Oct 19, 2006 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich and Tamara Draut
Microcredit, Macro Issues Microcredit, Macro Issues
The Swedish Academy bestowed this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus, the father of microcredit. It's easy to believe Yunus's low-interest loans to the poor are a silver b...
Oct 15, 2006 / Editorial / Walden Bello