magazine June 2008

Winning the White Working Class

Tom Lewandowski, a former General Electric factory worker, heads the central labor union council in this northeastern Indiana… more

By David Moberg    barack obama politics working class

The Cho Show

Margaret Cho knows how brutal Hollywood can be. In 2000, in her critically acclaimed one-woman comedy show, "I'm… more

By Akito Yoshikane    asian americans margaret cho sexuality

Piling it High

The sewage sludge industry meets the light of day

By Joel Bleifuss    health care pollution sewage

Main Street Squeeze

Pick your metaphor for the current state of American workers: Are they squeezed? Caught? Crunched? Three new books… more

By David Moberg    economy inequity jobs workers

Mexico’s Ghost Towns

The other side of the immigration debate

By John Gibler    emigration mexico

Sam’s Club Politics

On a recent episode of the NBC comedy "30 Rock," the cutthroat corporate executive Jack Donaghy, played by… more

By Adam Doster    books conservatism republicanism

No Strings Attached?

How U.S. funding of the world press corps may be buying influence

By Jeremy Bigwood    foreign media journalism usaid

Does the E.U. Hate You?

Despite popular myth, anti-Americanism in Europe isn't on the rise

By Paul Hockenos    anti-americanism eu europe

The Push to Privatize PEMEX

Halliburton is licking its chops at the prospect of Mexico's state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos going private. Petróleos Mexicanos, or… more

Axle of Evil

Drastic wage cuts drive UAW members to picket American Axle & Manufacturing

New Jewish Lobby Counters Neocons

On April 15, after 18 months of planning, a new progressive Jewish lobby called J Street was launched… more

Supreme Court OKs Racial Profiling

Either racial profiling is odious and unconstitutional, with personal and social consequences for communities of color -- or… more

Red State, Green Campaign

This election year, one of the greenest campaigns is being run not in blue Massachusetts or California, but… more

movies

Errol Morris' Myopia

Filmmaker Errol Morris has grown famous and revered as the pioneer of what could be called interrogatory cinema… more

By Michael Atkinson   

books

Atheism’s Unholy Trinity

Last spring, Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former foreign correspondent for the New York Times, flew to California… more

The Third Coast

The Vendetta Against Black Men

American law enforcement has long marginalized black discontent by attributing it to more organized external forces.

Fox News' Criminal Pundits

Conservatives have created a two-tier system of accountability: one for progressives, the other for themselves and their claimed moral rectitude.

Droppin' a Dime

By the Sewers of Babylon

Oh, the humanity! Oh, the gastronomy! Europe and the United States are suffering a tragic shortage of buffalo mozzarella -- the soft… more

A Kinder, Gentler Torture

Al-Gwhizzawi told me he thought he would be safe with the Americans 'and have rights' and be treated 'with respect.' He was wrong.

Tilting at Media Windmills?

In April, the news media began a predictable turn to "image scandals" in the presidential campaign. And then it got worse. ABC's… more

Obama Not Feelin’ the Love from Smiley

Talk show host Tavis Smiley is putting Barack Obama in a no-win position, going after the presidential candidate for apparently upstaging him.