magazine August 2009

My Brother on Death Row

Troy Davis' sister speaks out, as Davis awaits a Supreme Court decision.

By Alice Kim   

We’re Public ... No, We’re Private

Charter school corporations take on public school teacher unions.

By Michael Klonsky   

Not Your Parents’ Labor Movement

Why the Republic sit-in failed to inspire other worker actions.

By David Moberg   

Power of the People

In the long run, Iranian civil society will trump both official dogma and international influence.

By Aaron Rhodes   

Home Sweet Skid Row

Poor Los Angelenos fight gentrification and police abuse.

By David Wagner   

Iran on the Brink

Warning to the Persian cat: Don’t look down!

By Slavoj Zizek   

Snapshot: No Place Like Home

On June 29 at the Yar Hussain refugee camp in Chota Lahore, Pakistan, a young girl internally displaced from… more

By Rachel Jefferson   

Sewer Socialism Down the Drain?

Activists in Milwaukee fight to keep their city's water system in public hands.

Budgets by the People

Participatory democracy, Brazil-style, is running into problems.

Granny Get Your Gun

Is America on the verge of a geriatric crime wave?

Your Crap, Our Compost

Squat and the earth shall grow
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film

Outtakes of Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa begs for cinematic calls to action; this year's Human Rights Watch film festival delivered.

By Brandon Harris   

books

Queer Prehistory

The gay-rights movement did not begin with the Stonewall riots in 1969.

By Doug Ireland   

Culture

The Poop on Population

Disposable diapers harm the environment, so here’s a modest proposal.

By Lisa Manterfield   

books

Why David Sometimes Wins

Barack Obama is indebted to Cesar Chavez's trailblazing community organizing strategies.

By Ethan Porter   

Editorial

Block ’Em, Sock ’Em

The nice folks in the progressive nonprofit world would never threaten to 'beat up on' Democratic members of Congress. But maybe that's the problem.

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Zicam: Homeopathy Fails the Sniff Test

Homeopathic remedies, except when people rely on them to treat serious conditions, are usually safe as water--which they actually are.

Views

The GOP’s Democracy Double Standard

When protesters at the Republican National Convention were arrested and prosecuted, it evoked nary a peep of remonstration from attendees.