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Consent of the Governed
By JEFFREY KAPLAN
As corporations gain in power--and in control over our lives and livelihoods--the notion of democratic governance seems more and more quaint. But some don't see it that way.
Weaving Basra
text and photo by Meghan Nuttall Sayres
Threading together a holy city even as violence tears it apart, a weaver finds the spirit of an ancient Sufi poet amidst the rubble.
Yangtze Farewell
by Penelope Grenoble O'Malley
The waters of the Yangtze are closing fast over two millenia of history--and any chance for second thoughts about China's energy needs.
Citizen Flora
by Todd Wilkinson
For federal environmental professionals, disagreeing with Bush administration policies can be hazardous to your health.
The Joseph Strategy
by David Ehrenfeld
Blackouts anyone? Even as the sun is setting on the cheap energy economy, no one is asking the hard questions.
Notes on the Subject of Contrails
by Matt Rasmussen
On the day the sky stood still, should we have been paying more attention?
Tracking Toxics
by BILL SHERWONIT
The American military has left behind a trail of barrel dumps, illness, and death in the nation's last frontier, but a tiny group of Alaskans is righting the wrongs.
The Squeeze
by Barbara Hurd
Caught between a rock and a hard place, a novice caver confronts life's dark places.
In Law We Trust
by MARK DOWIE
With the privatization of natural resources sweeping the nation like a new dance, it's time to polish up a venerable legal weapon.
Getting Over Organic
by Michael Pollan
Why many of our country's best farmers will no longer even use the word
Got Tape?
by BK LOREN
A cherished piece of land galvanizes an uproariously disparate neighborhood against corporate interlopers.
Baghdad Café
text and photographs by Jason Florio/CORBIS
Sharing ideas on poetry, art, and literature, a community of Iraq's capital strives to maintain its links to normalcy amidst the chaos.
Robotic Iguanas
by Julia Corbett
Lights, camera, nature experience! A rainforest in the burbs--with margaritas.
Caviar Wars
by Wallace Kaufman
Poor law enforcement, pollution, and an unstable economy combine to create a bleak future for Caspian Sea sturgeon.
A Citizen’s Response to the National Security Strategy
by Wendell Berry
The 2002 White House National Security Strategy document exposes "an American dementia that has not been so plainly displayed before."
Seeing Shadows
by Douglas Haynes
A poem and the moon inform a citizen's reflections on his government's policies...
This American Land
text by Rick Bass, Richard Nelson, Robert Michael Pyle, Janisse Ray, Terry Tempest Williams
My Mileage is Better than Your Mileage
by Bill McKibben
How far can you go? The American obsession with "keeping score" takes a new turn in a hybrid car.
A Body Politic
by Tabitha Thompson
Lupus is a disease in which the body, locked in mortal combat with itself, becomes the invader of healthy tissue.
When Compassion Becomes Dissent
by David James Duncan
While awaiting the further annihilation of Iraq, a writer bears witness to the effects of war-making on our language -- and on our people.
Small Wonder
by Barbara Kingsolver
In a time when the wells of human kindness seem to be running dry, Americans find themselves looking through the cross hairs of inhumanity -- in both directions. Barbara Kingsolver on nature, stillness, and foreign policy.
The Agrarian Standard
by Wendell Berry
Agrarianism seems to be losing ground against industrial agriculture, but it remains the only land use practice that is both viable in the long-term and democratic. Twenty-five years after the publication of his seminal work, "The Unsettling of America," Berry examines what has come to pass in the interim.
My Summer of George
by Jenny Flynn
One citizen is determined to reach out and touch her chief executive.
On the Bosom of this Grave and Wasted Land I Will Lay My Head
by Janisse Ray
Even as the forests of her homeland are ground into woodchips and shipped across the globe, a native Georgian glimpses a wild world that once was, and dares to dream of restoration.
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