magazine February 2010

India’s Trail of Tears

To justify a land grab, Delhi has a new enemy—the Maoists.

By Arundhati Roy    india international politics

Heresy of a ‘Hebrew Palestinian

Uri Davis is the first Jew elected to the Fatah Revolutionary Council.

By Robert Hirschfield    international israel middle east politics

The Strange Fruit of Desperation

How con men and paranoiacs learned to love the Hardin huskow.

By Beau Hodai    conspiracies privatization

Legislated to Death

A gay Ugandan blogger tells his story to the world.

By John Ireland    africa civil rights international lgbt media

Gross Inaccuracies

The debate over why the GDP is flawed is about more than numbers.

By David Moberg    economy policy spending

Labor’s Last Stand?

A grassroots movement grows after Mexico shuts down a national electric company.

Snapshot: Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind

Driving that Kenyan train.

States of Pain

The fiscal crises unfolding in legislatures across the country will only get worse in 2010.

Dear ITT Ideologist: Hot Products and ATM Inspiration

Dear ITT Ideologist, As we enter a new year and decade, I wonder if you could put aside ideology… more

Same Work, More Play

As states look to save money, some are shortening public employees' workweek to four days.

Culture

Finding Comedy in the Muslim World

Arabs are funny! A popular stand-up comedy festival in Jordan proves it.

By Maysan Haydar    comedy international middle east

books

A Military Murder

In 2003, four U.S. soldiers were charged with brutally murdering another member of the Army. A new book examines what happened, and why.

By Kari Lydersen    books crime military military

Culture

On Air With Black America

Chicago's only black-owned talk radio station gives voice to a complex people still struggling to be heard.

By Salim Muwakkil    chicago media obama progressive race

Culture

Are Millennials Cursed?

The jury is still out on whether the generation is narcissistic and disconnected.

By Jeremy Rifkin    culture media youth

Back Talk

Who is the Real Terrorism Powder Puff?

Michael Goodwin writes, ‘The Oval Office and the choices are Obama's. And so is the responsibility. If America gets hit again, it’s all on him. All of it.’

Editorial

Who Really Won in 2008?

The voters who made Barack Obama's historic election possible rightly expected far-reaching policy change. Yet what they have gotten is the same old… more