magazine May 2008

The Clinton Firewall

The New York Senator's last-ditch efforts to win the Democratic nomination could rely on the "Race Chasm" and the trampling of democracy.

By David Sirota   

Putin Is Gone! Long Rule Putin!

With new president, Russians continue to forgo political voice for economic security

By Fred Weir   

Strikebreaker vs. Muckraker

How can two Americans, sharing the same classically American virtue of hard work, affect their country in such profoundly… more

By Jean Forst   

As Unions Fall, Lawsuits Rise

Thomas Geoghegan admits he's biased. The labor lawyer writes in the opening pages of his fourth book, See You… more

By Lawrence Joseph   

They Can't Go Home Again

With their country ravaged by Bush's war, Iraqi refugees find the United States indifferent to their plight

By Adam Doster   

Rap the Casbah

For more than a generation, hip-hop has drawn kids from neighborhoods around the world into the musical intersection of… more

By Michelle Chen   

Dirty Smoke Signals

Navajo Nation weighs costs and benefits of coal mining on its land

By Kari Lydersen   

Junot Diaz Redefines Macho

An interview with the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

By Paul Jay   

Book Club of Champions

Guizhou University sits on the outskirts of Guiyang City, the sleepy capital of China's poorest province. Undergraduate tuition is… more

By Mike Levy   

Collapse of the Fourth Estate

In March, on the five-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the nation's major news outlets reflected on… more

By Jon Whiten   

Big Trucking Deal

A diverse coalition wins a battle to regulate air pollution at California ports

Louisville Schools Class-ify Brown

Last June, the eulogizing came quickly after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to strike down the race-based integration plans… more

Connecticut's Immigration Duel

Two Connecticut cities have taken opposite approaches to dealing with undocumented immigrants. Last summer, New Haven became the first… more

Unlocking Bush's Chastity Belt

For all its fumbling, the Bush administration has one achievement of note: it has persuaded the American public that… more

A Boon for T. Boone

T Boone Pickens, once known as a corporate raider, is now a billionaire hedge fund investor -- and one… more

Political Vice Squad

In October 2001, when Congress passed the Patriot Act -- and again when it reauthorized it in 2006 -- the Bush administration assured… more

The Third Coast

A Speech Even Condi Could Love

Obama's speech on race was a nuanced masterpiece that initially baffled the pundits unaccustomed to complexity in campaign rhetoric.

Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever.

Comcast's awful customer service is one thing. But what's truly galling are its plans to turn the Internet into something that looks like cable TV.

Back Talk

News You Can Lose

Remember how Dubya got kid-glove treatment during the 2000 debates, while the press incessantly ridiculed Al Gore? Well, here we go again.

Droppin' a Dime

Who Would Ida B. Wells Vote For?

When a white train conductor tried to roust Wells from her seat, she bit him, sued the railroad and won -- long before Rosa Parks boarded a bus.