The Art of Democracy
October 17, 2008 | Mark Vallen interviews artists Guy Colwell, Stephen Fredericks, Juan Fuentes, and Art Hazelwood about a new exhibit on the socially conscious art movement.
Articles by John Feffer
The Crisis and the Environment
October 17, 2008 | Less travel, but also less investment in alternative energy: Columnist Michael Klare asks whether the crisis is a net plus or minus for the environment.
Interview with Daniel Heyman
October 17, 2008 | Visual artist Daniel Heyman talks about his new exhibit on the representation of torture in the Iraq War.
Postcard from…the UN
October 14, 2008 | In the midst of the food crisis, African farmers are finally telling their story directly to the world.
Bittersweet Economy
October 14, 2008 | Devouring sugar is a dubious way to jumpstart the day. It's also a dubious way to jumpstart our faltering global economy.
Burma’s New Charter: Radical Change or Fig Leaf?
October 14, 2008 | Burma's new constitution meets with skepticism as the country attempts to move beyond its notoriously rocky past.
Review: A Thousand Hills
October 13, 2008 | Stephen Kinzer's book about Rwanda isn't about assigning blame but understanding the difficult task of reconciliation after unspeakable horrors.
What’s So Funny?
October 7, 2008 | It used to be that prospective politicians chose law school as the first step in their career path. Future politicians may skip law school altogether and try out for the Saturday Night Live team instead.
South Korea: Still Dreaming of Regionalism
October 3, 2008 | Collaboration in Northeast Asia is crucial to the future of South Korea and its allies.
Scorched-Earth Presidency
September 30, 2008 | The cost of the war, coupled with the tax giveaways to the wealthy, has contributed to enlarging the U.S. budget deficit to nearly $500 billion, the highest ever.