By Amitabh Pal, August 13, 2009

Karzai is not all bad. Nobody whose role models are Gandhi and Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the “Frontier Gandhi” (a Pashtun like Karzai), can be. But he is caught in his own trap, unwilling or unable to do the right thing.read more

By Matthew Rothschild, August 12, 2009

The Pentagon wants the Secretary of the Defense and the President to be able to call up the Reserves in times of disaster or vaguely defined emergency.read more

By Matthew Rothschild, August 12, 2009

It is too dangerous for the President of the United States to go out in public in our own country right now.read more

By Andrea Lewis, August 12, 2009

On Aug. 12, tennis legend Billie Jean King will be duly recognized for her role as a game-changer of history.read more

August 2009 Issue

By Barbara Ehrenreich
Journalists are not part of an elite, akin to movie stars, anchorpersons, and hedge fund managers. We are part of the working class.read more

Ruth Conniff, August 10, 2009

If proponents of universal health care want to get their message across, they should get a kick in the behind from the spectacle of the August shout-downs.read more

August 2009 Issue

By Malalai Joya, Afghanistan’s leading feminist and member of parliament
Afghanistan has a presidential election scheduled soon, but everyone knows that the election is a show that is throwing dust in the eyes of our people.read more

By Teo Ballvé, August 9, 2009

The Obama administration should reconsider its decision to escalate U.S. involvement in Colombia’s long-running civil war.read more

By Matthew Rothschild, August 7, 2009

Obama would do himself proud, and his progressive base proud, and the Constitution proud, by nominating Russ Feingold to fill the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.read more

Antonino D'Ambrosio in the August 2009 issue

The band members have evolved from one-time punk jesters to creative activists. They have become tough-minded advocates for democracy.read more