Culture

Blood Stains Zimbabwe Diamonds

After a promising discovery, endemic corruption causes hope to fade.

Sam Gregory

The Fog of Jihad

The Oath, now out on DVD, brilliantly explores the muddy battle lines between the U.S. and al Qaeda.

Michael Atkinson

Stuff White People Do

How do justice-focused whites fit into the struggle against racism in America?

Micah Uetricht

Movin’ on Up

The Warmth of Other Suns gives the Great Migration the attention it deserves.

Eve Ottenberg

‘The Manchurian President’: Chicago’s Commie Liberal Puppet

The paranoid style of American politics is alive and well.

Chip Berlet

Once Upon a Time, in America…

The right has one fundamental advantage over its opponents: storytelling.

Michael Atkinson

‘There is Power in a Union’

The past, present and future of America’s labor movement

Steve Weinberg

Jailed Hikers: the Untold Story

The three Americans Iran has charged with espionage are not who you think they are.

Kari Lydersen

A Bronx School Tale

A new book shows how grassroots community organizing and persistence turned around one of the country's most corrupt school districts.

Louis Nayman

King of the Crazy Suit

Meet Jonathan Lee Riches, the most litigious man in history.

Beau Hodai

Social Media: Peril + Promise

Will social networks change our world, or just reinforce it?

Deanna Zandt

Howard Zinn’s Final Act of Protest

In his last book, the late, great historian—and former bombardier—examines his troubling actions during W.W. II.

Micah Uetricht

Agora Phobia

A new film about ancient religious conflict resonates, but fails at the box office.

Ralph Seliger

Todd Solondz’s Dystopia in Suburbia

In his sixth film, Life During Wartime, the film director offers another twisted modern fairy tale that revels in taboos.

Michael Atkinson

Female Rail Tale

Linda Grant Niemann goes beyond clichés to show what it's really like to work on the railroad.

Mike Matejka

Virtually Conservative

Most video games—in which you accumulate stuff and/or dominate the world—are the opposite of progressive.

Michael Atkinson

The Great Trans-Frontier

Trinidad, Colo., is the 'sex change capital of the world.' A documentary now out on DVD explains why.

Jakob VanLammeren

Working on a (Temp) Dream

Welcome to the freelance economy, where workers are atomized, badly compensated and strangely optimistic.

Richard Greenwald