Preparing for the Inevitable Preparing for the Inevitable
The San Diego wildfires should prompt political candidates to address the fact that communities across America are ill-equipped to deal with natural and unnatural disasters.
Nov 3, 2007 / Editorial / Donald Cohen
Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen
Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural disasters like the California wildfires are being met with a new model: privatized disaster response.
Nov 1, 2007 / Column / Naomi Klein
People Burn Here People Burn Here
Immigrants are the invisible victims of the California wildfires.
Nov 1, 2007 / Editorial / Mike Davis
Bobby Jindal: Not Much to Celebrate Bobby Jindal: Not Much to Celebrate
Some herald the election of an Indian-American Republican governor as a milestone, but the poor and black citizens of Louisiana aren't among them.
Oct 30, 2007 / Feature / Billy Sothern
Unseen Victims of California Fires Unseen Victims of California Fires
Undocumented immigrants who have survived for years living along San Diego's hillsides and canyons now find themselves left out of relief efforts in the Southern California fires.
Oct 26, 2007 / Feature / Amanda Martinez
Killing Time Killing Time
After years of performing executions at a pace that scares the bejesus out of the civilized world, Texas has put the brakes on its machine as the Supreme Court considers lethal inj...
Oct 23, 2007 / Feature / Mary Mapes
‘Jena Is America’ ‘Jena Is America’
Jena, Louisiana, has become a national symbol of racial injustice, as civil rights activists converge on the town to protest a miscarriage of justice against six black teens.
Sep 20, 2007 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
The March on Jena The March on Jena
Thousands of civil rights activists are heading to Louisiana this week to protest a case of gross injustice--and the system that supports racial inequality across America.
Sep 17, 2007 / Feature / Mark Sorkin
Kentucky at War Kentucky at War
Opposition to the Iraq War has created some unlikely alliances in Kentucky, much to the chagrin of Senator Mitch McConnell.
GOP Clutches at Iowa Straws GOP Clutches at Iowa Straws
The Iowa straw poll offered a penetrating glimpse into the crisis facing the Republican party.
Aug 23, 2007 / Feature / Marc Cooper