Rights of Passage

December 13, 2007

How can momentum be restored to the struggle for human rights? Begin by drawing the world's religions into the conversation.

The Optimist

November 15, 2007

To those who follow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict closely, the prospects for a two-state solution have never seemed dimmer. So why does veteran peacenik Uri Avnery remain so hopeful?

The Missing Class

July 26, 2007

Sociologist Katherine Newman talks about the "near poor," that vast pool of workers who are neither officially destitute nor comfortably working-class.

Silencing New Voices

April 20, 2007

What happens when a student magazine committed to fostering dialogue opens its pages to critical views on Israel?

The New Suburban Poverty

April 13, 2007

For the first time, more poor Americans live in the nation's suburbs than in all our cities combined.

Letters

November 29, 2006

In God's Country

November 2, 2006

The secular left should think twice before casting religious people as its foes. After all, alienating potential allies and confining ourselves to a small sect of like-minded believers is what fundamentalism is all about.

Fallout in Israel

August 24, 2006

Israel's war with Hezbollah may have strengthened the hand of the Israeli right, which has forgotten that peace comes only by negotiating with those you do not trust.

The Left Gets Real

August 4, 2006

Is the coziness of progressives and foreign policy realists a strategic alliance or a sign that the conservative co-optation of "human rights" has disillusioned the left?

Keeping Gideon's Promise

March 16, 2006

Montana is setting the stage for other states in its push to improve legal representation for the poor and to address the lack of competent public attorneys.

Ruling Class Warriors

January 5, 2006

House Republicans rammed through a budget bill in December that cuts $40 billion from domestic programs. Is there anyone of conscience in the Senate to defeat this?

Middlemarch

December 15, 2005

The GOP is an object of popular loathing, yet prospects seem dim for ousting it from power. Three new books explain why: Off Center explores the GOP's genius for subverting the mechanisms of accountability, and Death by a Thousand Cuts and Stand Up Fight Back examine how the Republican machine dominates issues from tax cuts to energy conservation. Plus, the Clinton biography The Survivor looks at the man who once made liberals feel like winners, yet whose legacy holds them back.

Alito's CAP Connection

November 22, 2005

Samuel Alito once boasted he was a member of Concerned Alumni of Princeton, which opposed bemoaned the impact of co-education and affirmative action. What does this say about his character and the kind of place he would like America to be?

Darwin on Trial

November 9, 2005

As the site of a trial on including intelligent design in biology textbooks, Dover, Pennsylvania, is a focal point of a national debate on science and religion. But a look at the town and its residents show that the battle may not be so clearly defined.

Conservative Crackup

October 26, 2005

Bush's lavish subsidies and reckless attempts to export democracy through the barrel of a gun violate conservative principles. Republican realists are finally catching on.

'One Nation, Fragmented'

September 22, 2005

It took a Gulf Coast hurricane to make Americans aware of the poverty in their own backyard. Now it's time for public policies that end racial segregation, so that the poor in this country will not continue to suffer.

Straight Down the Middle

October 21, 2004

Not being "middle class," the poor have been invisible in this campaign.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

September 23, 2004

An anti-Bush backlash is growing among ranchers, hunters and property owners.

Closing the 'Religion Gap'

August 12, 2004

Bringing more churchgoers into the fold poses a complex challenge for Democrats.

Letters

May 19, 2004

Even Conservatives Are Wondering: Is Bush One of Us?

May 13, 2004

Neocon Man

April 22, 2004

Daniel Pipes has made his name inveighing against an academy overrun by political extremists. But he is nothing if not extreme himself.

New School, Old Tricks

March 18, 2004

Our Families, Ourselves

September 4, 2003

In Torture We Trust?

March 13, 2003

In these jittery times, many Americans see torture as justified.

Rebel With a Cause

May 23, 2002

Through his new organization, former World Bank economist Joesph Stiglitz hopes to do nothing less than end the World Bank and IMF's monopoly on development policy.

Kerrey's Case: Not Closed

May 2, 2002

Human Rights--The Next Step

December 7, 2000

A consideration of economic rights as coequal with civil and political rights may be the only way for the human rights movement to recapture its power and urgency.

Texaco On Trial

May 13, 1999

A Nike Sneak

March 18, 1999