Stories by Lakshmi Chaudhry
Lakshmi Chaudhry is a senior editor at In These Times and a former senior editor of AlterNet.
The crass commodification of Latina traditions and rites of passage is disintegrating the familial and communal relationships they are meant to celebrate.
Posted on Nov 17, 2007
Putting Hillary Clinton in the White House would shatter an enormous glass ceiling, yet many feminists aren't cheering at that prospect. Here's a look at how some of Clinton's most ardent supporters became her biggest resisters.
Posted on Jun 27, 2007
Oxford University biologist Richard Dawkins reveals his fundamentalist approach to atheisim in his new documentary,
The Root of All Evil.
Posted on Dec 15, 2006
A new reality television show demeans women whose greatest fashion crime seems to be that they aren't rich.
Posted on Jul 7, 2006
A new book says that if middle-class mothers are sleep-deprived, angry, exhausted and unhappy, it's a consequence of their foolish demand for self-fulfillment.
Posted on May 9, 2006
Can we recognize race differences without reducing people to stereotypes?
Posted on Apr 13, 2006
Since the rise of 'lad' culture in the '90s, grown men act like boys -- and are richly rewarded for it.
Posted on Mar 23, 2006
Gail Sheehy's new book, about sex and the 'seasoned' woman, argues that older women should be free to have sex however -- and however much -- they want.
Posted on Mar 9, 2006
Bloggers tout the rise of the netroots as changing how politics works, but will the internet just become a new method of conducting politics as usual?
Posted on Feb 8, 2006
The film 'Brokeback Mountain' is a cinematic example of a fast-dying phenomenon: love stories of tragic proportions.
Posted on Dec 16, 2005
Sam Mendes' film version of Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir succeeds in airbrushing the harsh reality of war while obscuring the tragedy.
Posted on Nov 18, 2005
Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in the Iraq war, talks about her determination to speak to President Bush -- consequences be damned.
(With audio)Posted on Aug 10, 2005
Corporations get huge tax breaks from local and state governments, even when they rarely deliver the jobs and tax revenues that they promise.
Posted on Jul 27, 2005
Is liberalism dead? What will it take for us to bring about a rebirth of inspiration, hope and optimism for a new American future?
Posted on Jun 16, 2005
Those who dwell in the nation's progressive oases must learn to communicate and connect with a much broader swath of Americans. Our panel of progressive thinkers tackles the problem.
Posted on Jun 7, 2005
Richard Florida's new book warns that an isolated and hostile post-9/11 America may find itself on the losing end of the global competition for the ultimate economic prize: creative talent.
Posted on May 31, 2005
The following is a transcript of an online chat that took place at Moving Ideas on May 4, 2005.
Posted on May 6, 2005
Reza Aslan explains why the real target in the 9/11 attacks was not the United States but moderates in the Muslim world.
Posted on Apr 28, 2005
An excerpt from the
Start Making Sense section The Iraq War.
Posted on Apr 22, 2005
The hysteria over the appointment of a conservative pope is based on a vastly exaggerated assessment of the papacy's power.
Posted on Apr 22, 2005
The following is an excerpt from the
Start Making Sense section Economic Populism: "Interview with Andy Stern."
Posted on Apr 21, 2005
Riverbend talks about her life, Iraq, and the world at large -- and how her blog makes sense of them all.
Posted on Apr 20, 2005
It's not the
number of women in the newsroom that counts towards diversity. It's what they have to say.
Posted on Mar 17, 2005
SEIU president Andy Stern wants to shake up a lot of things — the labor union movement, the Democratic Party, Wal-Mart. He may be the right man for the job.
Posted on Feb 10, 2005
In a provocative interview, Naomi Klein talks about Bush, the Iraq war and the need for progressives to “answer the language of faith with the language of morality.”
Posted on Jan 27, 2005
To be both responsible and effective, the anti-war movement has to mature into a tightly organized, disciplined political campaign with a plan of action.
Posted on Jan 6, 2005
Adam Werbach argues that the moral and intellectual framework underpinning Democratic politics has become irrelevant. It's time to craft a new progressive vision of fulfillment.
Posted on Dec 8, 2004
Author Thomas Frank tells us why the Democratic Party lost the 2004 elections and how it needs to rebuild - and address the needs of American working families.
Posted on Nov 30, 2004
The author of "The Right Nation" says the gulf separating Democrats from ordinary Americans can only be bridged with real solutions to real problems.
Posted on Nov 22, 2004
The day after the election the talk is about everything except the obvious: It hurts!
Posted on Nov 4, 2004
This Marine was a true believer in the reasons for the Iraq war. He talks to AlterNet about his loss of moral certainty, the gift of wisdom and "regime change" at home.
Posted on Nov 1, 2004
A death in Iraq transforms a nine-year Marine veteran from a soldier into an anti-war activist.
Posted on Oct 29, 2004
The author of a new and timely book reveals how American politics is shaped by a cultural definition of masculinity that is based on disavowing all things feminine.
Posted on Oct 29, 2004
A Florida National Guardsman learns how to survive and protect his men in a war zone – without body armor.
Posted on Oct 28, 2004
In an astonishingly candid and far-ranging interview, the journalist who exposed major stories from the My Lai massacre to the Abu Ghraib scandal, proves that his voice is every bit as powerful as his pen.
Posted on Oct 27, 2004
The 35-year-old Army reservist suffered a spine-shattering injury that left him permanently disabled. But he reserves his compassion for those who need it most: Iraqi children.
Posted on Oct 27, 2004
One bad day in Iraq and a 19-year-old boy faces a lifetime without his right hand. This veteran speaks about his hopes and fears – and the long, hard road ahead.
Posted on Oct 26, 2004
The reality of the suffering in Iraq has been rendered invisible by media hype and partisan battle. One doctor, who has treated some of the thousands, speaks about the war wounded.
Posted on Oct 21, 2004
The authors of 'All the President's Spin' discuss the current arms race of political spin, the Bush politics of dishonesty, and the future of American democracy.
Posted on Sep 7, 2004
Be it on "Survivor" or in the White House, sore winners take it all in our polarized culture. Author John Powers talks about the "social Darwinism" that has become the order of the day.
Posted on Aug 6, 2004
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