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Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon

Greg Grandin June 23, 2009 Greg Grandin

Ford Car Stuck in Amazon Mud

The empire ends with a pull out. Not, as many supposed a few years ago, from Iraq. There, as well as in

Afghanistan

, we are mulishly staying the course, come what may, trapped in the biggest of all the "too-big-to-fail" boondoggles. But from Detroit. Of course, the real evacuation of the Motor City began decades ago, when Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler started to move more and more of their operations out of the downtown area to harder to unionize rural areas and suburbs, and, finally, overseas.

Next on the Endangered Species List: Your Hometown Newspaper

Benjamin Dangl June 22, 2009 Benjamin Dangl

Local newspapers ground us in a globalized world, provide a sense of community, and help define who and where we are. But now more than ever these local papers are disappearing. They're being bulldozed over by corporate conglomerates and dropping ad sales.

Grassroots Lessons From Latin America: An Interview with Michael Fox

Michael Fox June 16, 2009 Michael Fox

In this interview, Brazil-based independent journalist Michael Fox talks about what lessons US activists might consider from social movements throughout Latin America, and the challenges of applying Latin American activist strategies in the US under an Obama administration.

Coal Mine Laws Written in Blood: An Interview with Judy Bonds

Frank Joseph Smecker May 27, 2009 Frank Joseph Smecker

July Bonds speaks at a rally

Judy Bonds is the co-director for Coal River Mountain Watch in West Virginia. Bonds is a coal miner's daughter and granddaughter, has been fighting for justice in the Appalachian coalfields since 1998, and in 2003 won the Goldman Environmental Prize. In this interview she talks about coal mining devastation in her community and what you can do to help.

Abraham’s Last Rap: Bolivian Hip-Hop Hero Dies in El Alto

Benjamin Dangl May 25, 2009 Benjamin Dangl

Abraham Bojorquez

El Alto-based hip-hop artist Abraham Bojorquez died early in the morning on Wednesday, May 20 in El Alto, Bolivia. He was killed when a bus hit him as he walking home. Abraham, 26 years old, was a member of the popular hip-hop group Ukamau y Ké. His music blended ancient Andean folk styles and new hip-hop beats with lyrics about revolution and social change.

Obama, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New War on Civilians

Ramzy Baroud May 19, 2009 Ramzy Baroud

Karzai and Obama

US President Barack Obama took the podium in a White House press conference and stood with an all-embellished confidence that often accompanies new presidents. He was flanked by two leaders whose apparent grandeur barely reflected their embattled situations on the ground: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.