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Farming the Concrete Jungle

In cities across the country urban farmers are growing communities, greening the landscape and revolutionizing food politics.

Phoebe Connelly and Chelsea Ross

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Perverse Justice

Jose Padilla’s conviction raises questions about whether detainees who undergo extreme isolation can be given fair trials

Lindsay Beyerstein

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In Condemnation of Opting In

Our voices are being drowned out by our peers in the supposedly independent media, like Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore, who calls Starbucks "the new record store," and music journalists like the Chicago Reader's Miles Raymer, who argued in a piece called "In Praise of Selling Out" that the music industry's decline can be "rescued by corporations that make everything but music"

Anne Elizabeth Moore

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Palestinians in Iraq Face a Second Exile

Threatened in Iraq, these refugees have no country to return to.

Robert S. Eshelman

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Risking Everything for Europe

Industrial fishing off the African coast ruins livelihoods and sends fishermen on a perilous journey across desert and sea.

Hans Lucht

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Equating Stillbirths with Murders

Just how legally viable is Maryland's Viable Fetus Act?

Lindsay Beyerstein

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General Failure

An enduring crisis in civil-military relations threatens America's future

Gregory D. Foster

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A Win in the Water War

Stockton, Calif., residents have stopped one multinational company from taking over their water system, but other localities remain threatened

Megan Tady

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Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You

Latino teenagers, including illegal immigrants are being recruited into the military with false promises.

Deborah Davis

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The Unions’ Man?

John Edwards does more than talk the talk on workers' but will he walk away with labor's endorsement?

David Moberg

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What’s Up Silverdocs?

The documentary film festival in Maryland presents broad themes including sustainable development, social activism and the democratic process

Rachel Lears

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The Great Spectrum Giveaway

This October might be the last chance for local community radio stations to receive high-power licenses from the FCC.

Megan Tady

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Tranche Warfare

Who will be left holding the bag as subprime mortgages go bad?

Dave Mulcahey

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The Subprime Bait and Switch

Under the guise of extending home ownership to all, predatory lenders undermine community reinvestment

Alexander Gourse

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The New Children’s Crusade

Vets like Vincent J. Emanuele and other Iraq Veterans Against the War inherit the reins from the Vietnam era peacenicks before them

Joel Bleifuss

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Genetic Disorder

Parents with limited incomes are being denied access to genetic tests and the counseling that experts say should accompany them

Dana Goldstein

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Kissing up to K Street

Democrats are selling out the economic populism that got them elected in the first place

David Sirota

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Stories of Survival

NO! explores rape within the African-American community and fights society's instinct to focus on the racism outside while turning a deaf ear to gender violence within

Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell

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He Shoots, She Scores

When Mike became Christine, she gave Los Angeles sports fans a courtside view of gender politics

John Ireland

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The Olympic Hustle

Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city

Mischa Gaus

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Two Degrees From Devastation

George Monbiot's book Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning argues that we must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent

Phoebe Connelly

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The Battle for the Air

The EPA will decide today whether to strengthen its smog standards

Megan Tady

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What Vacation Days?

Despite being one of the richest nations, America denies its workers mandated paid vacations and sick days

David Moberg

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In the Crosshairs

Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal invited people to shoot him, and got all too many takers

Kari Lydersen