Stories by Mike Davis
Mike Davis is author, most recently, of the kids' adventure, 'Land of the Lost Mammoths' (Perceval Press, 2003) and co-author of 'Under the Perfect Sun: the San Diego Tourists Never See' (New Press, 2003). He is currently working on a book about the recent political earthquake in California, 'Heavy Metal Freeway' (to be published by Metropolitan Books).
A striking report from the front lines of science suggests we're officially entering a period in which humanity may simply outrun history itself.
Posted on Aug 11, 2008
Seeing an opportunity for land development, conservative California politico Pete Wilson adds fuel to the wildfires -- and is honored for it.
Posted on Nov 1, 2007
The World War II home front was the most important and broadly participatory green experiment in U.S. history. Is it a model we should use today?
Posted on Jul 10, 2007
The Arctic is not the only theater of unequivocal climate change and polar bears aren't the only heralds of a new age of chaos. Global warming is already affecting the U.S.
Posted on Apr 16, 2007
The formidable history of car bombs reveals a force the American military may not be able to beat.
Posted on Apr 13, 2006
Despite promises of a substantive debate on urban poverty, plans to reconstruct New Orleans are falling into the hands of a white elite.
Posted on Apr 4, 2006
Hurricane Katrina may prove to be the biggest 'urban-renewal' project black America has seen.
Posted on Oct 28, 2005
While we wait for the oft-predicted tipping point in the war on Iraq, an actual tipping point has been creeping up on another front -- climate change.
Posted on Oct 8, 2005
Why didn't the Navy or Coast Guard immediately airdrop life preservers and rubber rafts in flooded districts? Why wasn't such life-saving equipment stocked in schools and hospitals?
Posted on Oct 4, 2005
Scientists and health officials around the world are preparing for a catastrophic outbreak of avian flu. But are they too late?
Posted on Aug 31, 2005
The onset of Hurricane Ivan demonstrated that little progress has been made toward addressing racial inequalities in Louisiana.
Posted on Sep 27, 2004
The end of the American textile industry is indicative of a larger trend: fewer jobs and a society of discarded laborers.
Posted on Aug 26, 2004
Is there a U.S. master plan for the control of oil in an age of diminishing supply and soaring prices? Obvious questions, but don't ask a Democrat.
Posted on May 29, 2004
The American military has long been preparing for a grim future fighting in the sprawling slum cities of the Third World. Now, it seems, that future is rushing toward us.
Posted on Apr 20, 2004
Two great thinkers delve into Mel Gibson's 'Passion' and see signs of hate, imperialism and a Jesus defined by violence.
Posted on Mar 9, 2004
Avian flu, the latest disease to threaten our global well-being exemplifies a deeper terrorism that cannot be stemmed by bigger and better missile defense or airline security.
Posted on Feb 3, 2004
The barriers being erected to stem the flow of immigrants in Europe and the United States represent a destructive new world (b)order.
Posted on Jan 22, 2004
The Tiger Force atrocity in Vietnam was the third major war crimes revelation in the last few years to encounter apathy in the media and indifference from Washington.
Posted on Nov 14, 2003
Climate, ecology, and stupid urbanization have conspired to create the ingredients for one of the most devastating wildfires in California history.
Posted on Oct 28, 2003
California's extraordinary recall election can tell us a great deal about the emerging landscape of American politics.
Posted on Oct 10, 2003
Each extreme summer that passes inches us closer to the precipice of catastrophic environmental change.
Posted on Sep 29, 2003
A simple piece of artwork by Marcos Ramirez calls out America's history of violence, and detonates patriotic ire in Pennsylvania.
Posted on Sep 22, 2003
Regardless of the outcome in October, the recall battle has already illuminated some of the new terrain of California politics.
Posted on Sep 4, 2003
