I once read a quote that said if you wanted to avoid a nuclear catastrophe during the Cold War, then you should move to Bolivia. Indeed, this quiet Andean nation has been historically associated with little excitement beyond its coca production, its concentration of indigenous peoples, and its unpredictable politics. As Howard Zinn notes in […]
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Life in the Campo Is Amplified
May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Features · June
Tortured Logic: Guantanamo Bay and the Law
March 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Manipulated intelligence leading to devastation in the Middle East; a carefully crafted environment of perpetual fear; and extraordinary rendition, extrajudicial torture, and kangaroo courts, habeas corpus and international treaties be damned – such is the tragic legacy of the Bush administration’s “war on terror.”
But after years of tortured logic by Republican lawmakers and administration officials […]
Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Features · March
A Salad-Free Week of Veganism
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
As a vegetarian of two years, I’ve always thrown around the idea of being vegan. Veganism, or the elimination of all animal products, including eggs and dairy, from one’s diet and lifestyle, isn’t exactly a familiar concept in small town Iowa. Living in a largely agricultural state, most people wouldn’t know how to live their […]
Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Features · March
Ed Fallon for Congress?: The Evolution of a Grassroots Activist
February 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments
April 11, 2005. The day seemed like any ordinary Monday as a senior at Ankeny High School. I stumbled half-asleep through the crowded halls from class to class on autopilot, Pavlovian-conditioned to the muffled chimes of the artificial bell heard all-too infrequently over the PA. There was that inescapable fog of mild depression hovering about […]
Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Features · February
Pole 101: A Night at Dangerous Curves
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
“Let’s get the journalist up here!”
The girls giggle as I climb onto the quiet stage. Of course, I’m wearing my reindeer sweater and argyle socks. It soon becomes apparent that pole dancing isn’t my forte. As instructed by the platinum blonde manager, Alex*, I wrap my right leg around the pole and brace myself with […]
Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Features · February
Why Won’t You Let Me Say What I Want to Say?!: Second Tier Candidates in the Media
December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
It’s more than a month into the Writers Guild of America strike now. More than a month, consequently, without the barbs of late night stand-ups and Jon Stewart’s insights into the “Clusterf@#k to the White House,” save for a stockroom of old tapes. Television is sorely lacking fresh comic relief from the absurdities […]
Tags: 2007 · AP Issues · December · Features
Dispatches from Guantanamo: One Lawyer’s Tales of Terror and the U.S. Constitution
October 17th, 2007 · No Comments
[Editor’s note: Revised and updated for the Web.]
Since the twin towers collapsed in flames on the 11th of September, 2001, a state of fear and unease has inundated America’s psyche as the nation has turned its ear to Washington’s power players and the national news media for the latest on the fight against terror, tragically […]
