magazine November 21, 2005

Liberalisms Brain on Drugs

Where does drug policy fit into the debate on liberty?

By Ryan Grim    criminal justice

Breaking Rank

Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper takes on the drug war, domestic violence, community policing, and the WTO

By Silja J.A. Talvi    criminal justice

Islam Needs Radicals

George W. Bush. Tony Blair. Silvio Berlusconi. Jacques Chirac. Along with most every Western leader, pundit and policymaker,… more

By Mark Levine    religion

Symbol of the System

What do you get when you cross gutted labor laws with a corporate culture of impunity? Why, Wal-Mart, of course!

By Christopher Hayes    corporations

The Lay of Labors New Land

As the Change to Win Federation takes shape, questions about how it will co-exist with the AFL-CIO remain

By David Moberg    labor

Law Is Dead

Pressure to enforce China's one-child policy has led to horrific crimes by local governments

By Jehangir Pocha    asia civil liberties

See No Evil

How American businesses collaborate with China's repressive government

By G. Pascal Zachary    asia economy

Laying the Groundwork

The inside/outside strategy of the Progressive Democrats of America

U.S. Military Eyes Paraguay

Rumors of an American base raise fears that the United States is there to stay

An Activist Left Behind

Building peace in Colombia was the focus of the international conference in Chicago where Orlando Valencia, an Afro-Colombian… more

Vidal--Never More Vital

Just in time to help us celebrate Gore Vidal's birthday--he turned 80 on October 3--comes Dennis Altman's Gore… more

By Doug Ireland   

Babes in BushWorld

Raunch culture offers good old-fashioned pleasure, Republican style

By Lakshmi Chaudhry    gender government: administration

Bohemia Revisited

Mainstream commodification of alternative culture hardly seems noteworthy these days. While it may be infuriating to see corporations… more

By Chris Barsanti   

Empire Made Easy

Banish those nasty guilt twinges over America's ambitions to empire. Getting a jump on the holidays, Thomas P.M.… more

A Foul Tragedy

We Democrats are at our worst when we try to emulate Republicans as we did in signing onto the "war" on drugs… more

Democrats: It's the War

Ending the war in Iraq is right for a lot of reasons. The war was unjustified, unnecessary and unprovoked. It is counterproductive,… more

How the Right Has Won

The GOP has perfected the art of gerrymandering to the point where one political scientist estimates the Democrats would have needed to win 57 percent of the vote nationwide to retake the House in 2004.

Back Talk

Missing Their Moment

Pelosi and the lugubrious Reid are reportedly meeting with mayors and governors to develop a strategy for 2006. But where are the meetings with actual people?

Editorial

Lies Judith Miller Told Us

In the last few months all manner of gas has been expended on the Valerie Plame case. Did Karl Rove and Scooter… more