August 2007 Volume 31, Issue 08

August 2007

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Viewpoint

The Squandering of Obama Salim Muwakkil

Bloomberg Could Tie Centrists in Knots Laura S. Washington

Get Me Out of Gitmo H. Candace Gorman

Death from Above Brian Cook

Is Cheney Evil or Just a Weasel? Susan J. Douglas

Sicko’s Critics and the Upside of Hitler Terry J. Allen

Feature

Risking Everything for Europe Hans Lucht

General Failure Gregory D. Foster

Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You Deborah Davis

The Unions’ Man? David Moberg

What’s Up Silverdocs? Rachel Lears

Tranche Warfare Dave Mulcahey

The Subprime Bait and Switch Alexander Gourse

The New Children’s Crusade Joel Bleifuss

Dispatch

Civil War by Other Means Jacob Wheeler

The Drug War’s Collateral Damage Silja J.A. Talvi

Despite Raids, IDs For All Melinda Tuhus

Mainers Give Grads Debt Relief Adam Doster

Iraqi Unions Fight the New Oil Law David Moberg

Culture

Giving Science the Finger Jody Kolodzey

Iraq: Mismanagement or Mass Murder? Michael Atkinson

Activism Illustrated Jen Angel

China Plays Hardball with Soft Power Jehangir Pocha

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

General Failure

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

Gregory D. Foster

Illegal Immigrants: Uncle Sam Wants You

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

Deborah Davis

The Unions’ Man?

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

David Moberg

What’s Up Silverdocs?

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

Rachel Lears

Tranche Warfare

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

Dave Mulcahey

The Subprime Bait and Switch

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

Alexander Gourse

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

Civil War by Other Means

Rigoberta Menchú's presidental bid could turn the page on Guatemala's bloody past

The Drug War’s Collateral Damage

Those victimized by a crackdown on marijuana since the early '90s can be denied everything from food stamps to voting rights to the right to adopt a child

Silja J.A. Talvi

Giving Science the Finger

Generalizations based on hand shape not only are formulated from small pools of data, but smack of pseudo science.

The Squandering of Obama

Political masterminds have transformed the candidate from a political visionary into an electoral product like every other presidential aspirant

Iraq: Mismanagement or Mass Murder?

No End in Sight explores how we got into Iraq and what screw-ups have made the situation spiral out of control

Michael Atkinson

Bloomberg Could Tie Centrists in Knots

If the New York mayor runs, he will stymie the ability of the Democratic nominee to play both sides of the fence on issues like guns, gay rights, immigration and choice

Laura S. Washington

Despite Raids, IDs For All

New Haven takes the lead in recognizing undocumented immigrants' rights to carry identification

Get Me Out of Gitmo

Most detainees at Guantánamo are willing and able to go home, but Bush's spin continues to dizzy our corporate media

H. Candace Gorman

Activism Illustrated

Inkworks Press celebrates a quarter century of political posters, the key to making a visual impact before the Internet's rise

Death from Above

For the Iraqi people, the surge in U.S. troops has meant more bombs dropping from the sky and a surge in deaths

Is Cheney Evil or Just a Weasel?

By likening Dick to He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, we confirm the bully's power rather than undermine it

Susan J. Douglas

Mainers Give Grads Debt Relief

Their state's economy at a crossroads, politicians embrace Opportunity Maine, which eases the financial burden of going to college

China Plays Hardball with Soft Power

Out with strongman Mao and in with svelte-suited diplomats and film personalities: Chinese leaders have learned the value of a warm smile and firm handshake

Sicko’s Critics and the Upside of Hitler

Critics of the movie are hooked on pharmaceutical company payouts and part of a system that is rotten to the marrow and should be put out of its misery

Iraqi Unions Fight the New Oil Law

"Written in the United States," the law would permit joint ownership of many Iraqi oil fields by foreign companies

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