Nergui Manalsuren, IPS News. December 26, 2008. In many countries, conservatives claim homosexuality came from the colonizing West. In fact, it's homophobia that's a legacy of Western colonialism.
Arthur Versluis, American Sexuality Magazine. October 3, 2008. From antiquity on, there were people in the West who held that spirituality and sexuality were not necessarily mortal enemies.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. August 8, 2008. From energy policy to health care reform, the West is where America's political future will be forged.
Sarah Bates, Science Progress. June 17, 2008. The failure to connect land-use and water planning may have far-reaching and increasingly unacceptable consequences.
Sarah Bates, Science Progress. May 19, 2008. Global warming is already affecting water in western states. The EPA has some proposals on what to do, but will they be enough?
Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2007. Cornel West teams up with artists like Prince and Talib Kweli to release a rap album that paints a powerful portrait of life in Dubya's America.
Andrew Lam, New America Media. July 10, 2007. American schools stress self-esteem as the stepping stone to academic achievement. But students from Asian cultures, which place little stock in self-esteem, seem to do better than their American counterparts in school.
