Stories by Lakshmi Chaudhry
Lakshmi Chaudhry is a senior editor at In These Times and a former senior editor of AlterNet.
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, Source: AlterNet
The so-called fat epidemic is a product of upper-class white hysteria that demonizes everyone who does not fit a certain body type.
Posted on Jul 15, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Author Ian Williams talks about his latest book on George Bush's obsession with all things military.
Posted on Jun 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The cookie-baking zombie reflects the desire of the new anti-feminists to return to a happier time when wives knew their place and were content within it.
Posted on Jun 18, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Forget about angry, white men. John Kerry needs to pick a running mate who can deliver the one constituency most likely to help him win -- women. And John Edwards is the man for that job.
Posted on May 11, 2004, Source: AlterNet
A new marketing ploy is getting women to believe that they're jettisoning tradition and shouting their independence from rooftops -- with a shiny, expensive bauble securely placed on the right hand.
Posted on Feb 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Unmarried women may be the silver bullet that unseats the Bush administration in the 2004 elections -- if they make it to the voting booth.
Posted on Jan 15, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The man responsible for striking the first major blow against Bush's case for war (and a centerpiece of the new film 'Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the War in Iraq') talks about Dick Cheney, White House lies and the vendetta aimed at his wife.
Posted on Nov 3, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The story of the war in Iraq begins on Sept. 11. It is a story of how a small group of men within the Bush administration led a frightened nation down a long, treacherous road from Ground Zero to a bloody, no-exit war on the streets of Baghdad.
Posted on Sep 9, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Hectored by experts, bullied by the media, and disdained by their own children, American parents have it pretty rough these days.
Posted on Jun 11, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The former CEO of the Body Shop and lifelong advocate of corporate responsibility says the route to global revolution is ... kindness.
Posted on May 9, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The sex lives of married couples seem to be in perpetual jeopardy, in danger of dwindling into either mechanical routine or total extinction.
Posted on Feb 12, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The sexual marketplace is defined by a racial hierarchy that places Anglos squarely at the top. They determine who's hot and who's not for the rest of us.
Posted on Feb 3, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The bulk of run-of-the-mill porn is patently male-oriented, and most so-called "woman-friendly" porn is just plain silly. What's a sex-positive feminist to do?
Posted on Jan 27, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Bereaved Palestinian and Jewish parents who have lost children to terrorism are seeking peace through reconciliation -- and by talking to each other on the telephone.
Posted on Oct 17, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Drug Policy Alliance’s Deborah Small talks about why the nation's drug policies are a leading source of racial inequities and how Americans can start addressing the problem.
Posted on Sep 16, 2002, Source: AlterNet
What were you afraid of on Sept. 11, 2001? What frightens you today, one year later? Chances are, the two answers are quite different.
Posted on Sep 10, 2002, Source: AlterNet
We offer a mind-boggling range of excuses to justify female infidelity, but we rarely consider the obvious -- it may just be about sex.
Posted on May 16, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The libertarian think-tank Cato Institute has been anathema to the Left since the early '90s -- but today, liberals are finding themselves increasingly on the same side of the political fence as their arch-enemy.
Posted on May 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Center for Constitutional Rights says the U.S. Attorney General is out to imprison every Muslim he can find.
Posted on Apr 19, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Reknowned author Arundhati Roy spends a day in prison for criticizing the Indian Supreme Court -- and remains unrepentant on her release.
Posted on Mar 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The age of media mega-mergers just went from bad to worse, as a federal court struck down some of the last safeguards against huge media conglomerates. AOLDisneyNBCViacom, here we come.
Posted on Feb 20, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Domestic bliss is not just a mythology, it's an American pathology, which has nothing to do with achieving or sustaining real love.
Posted on Feb 7, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Some say our version of domesticity can kill love, others think shacking up is not the problem but our desire to have it all. Two writers go head-to-head in the domesticity wars.
Posted on Feb 7, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Actor Mike Farrell -- most famous for his role as "B.J. Hunnicutt" in the TV series M*A*S*H -- is one of the leading and most articulate opponents of capital punishment. AlterNet recently spoke to Farrell about the growing movement to end executions and the upcoming anti-death penalty conference in San Francisco.
Posted on Nov 14, 2000, Source: AlterNet
Thousands of women, many Southeast Asian, are brought to this country each year as the wives of high-tech workers. Once they reach America, a disturbing number become victims of domestic abuse. And because of their unusual visa status, they are trapped in their marriages -- if they complain, they can easily be deported and lose their children.
Posted on Oct 19, 2000, Source: AlterNet
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