Breaking Ranks
By David Goodman
From returning veterans to young recruits, a growing number of U.S. soldiers are speaking out against the war in Iraq. Some are even refusing to go.

The Great Media Breakdown
By Todd Gitlin
Rarely has America been in such dire need of probing reporting and independent analysis. And rarely has the news industry so completely failed.

Trial by Fury
By Susan Orenstein
In light of the Abu Ghraib scandal and the government’s dubious track record on prosecuting alleged terrorists, is it time to reconsider the case of the “American Taliban,” John Walker Lindh?

Over a Barrel
By Paul Roberts
Oil will soon become too expensive and scarce to be dependable. So why doesn’t the United States finally get serious about developing other energy sources?

One Roof at a Time
By Bill McKibben
With little or no encouragement from the Bush administration, American suburbanites and home-builders are starting to look to solar power.

Justice DeLayed
By Lou Dubose
Tom DeLay made lobbyists and corporate money the backbone of his political success. But has the House majority leader finally crossed the line?

Migrants No More
By Maggie Jones
In California’s San Joaquin Valley, the poverty of farmworkers is becoming a yearlong harvest of shame.

Editor’s Note
Masthead
Contributors
Backtalk

OUTFRONT
Republican revolutionaries abroad; Congressional dead ducks; Ralph Reed’s corporate coalition; Big Pharma as witness for the prosecution; When congressmen cash in; Taking the lid off dolphin-safe tuna; plus our Hellraisers, a father and son’s class(room) action

EXHIBIT
Kids & Cash
Growing up in the Kiddieconomy

NOTEBOOK
Dirty Warriors
By Barry Yeoman
How human rights violators from across the globe became our guns for hire in Iraq

DISPATCH
Grandmothers On Guard
By Joshua Hammer
Eyewitness Jews: A group of Israeli women monitors the military checkpoints inside the West Bank.

THE SLANT
Legacy of a Lonesome Death
By Ian Frazier
Do you remember William Zantzinger and Hattie Carroll? If you do, it’s surely because of Bob Dylan’s haunting protest song from the civil rights era.

EXPOSURE
Leaps of Faith
Photo By Schelbert
A bridge to peace

MEDIA JONES
James Surowiecki reviews the impact of Bush’s radical neoconomy; Eve Ensler on "good" bodies and bad politics; The latest from Ozomatli, Barlett and Steele, and Independent Lens; plus more book, music, and film reviews

RE:ACTION
Resources for getting involved

P.S.
Postelection "Must Do" List
Cartoon by John Cuneo