Last Days of the Ocean
We’re pushing our seas to the brink. Can they be saved?
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The Fate of the Ocean
Assaulted by pollution, overfishing, climate change, trash, and noise, our oceans are approaching a point of no return. The health of the world they feed and protect won’t be far behind.
PLUS: Whales hit the beaches, and polar bears face extinction -
The Catch
If America’s fisheries are regulated, how can they be overfished? Because the regulators and the fishermen are one and the same.
PLUS: The ocean’s top enemies, and a field guide to failing fish -
Net Losses
How a football tycoon took George H.W. Bush’s oil company and used it to declare war on the fish that built America.
Net Losses
How a football tycoon took George H.W. Bush’s oil company and used it to declare war on the fish that built America.
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DEPARTMENTS
OUTFRONT
Withdrawal Symptoms; Just plain Jane for Congress; the best congressional doublespeak; tasteless eats in Phnom Penh; taxes made simple; Texan made vengeful; Operation Desert Smarm; the worst job in Washington and Fords in flames
EXHIBIT
Intellectual Property Run Amok
The comedy of intellectual property overkill.
SIGNS ALONG THE ROAD
Homeland Security on the Range
Down on the farm with Homeland Security.
PRACTICAL VALUES
Navigating the Catch of the Day
Overfishing…mercury…but they taste so good! How to eat fish without fear.
MEDIA JONES
Nell Bernstein on the war on hugs; Corporal Sean Huze tours a soldier’s soliloquy; plus more book and music reviews
RE:ACTION
Resources for getting involved
P.S.
Who’s Got Street Cred?
FEATURES
By Jack Fairweather
Before the war, how did the press get Iraq so wrong? Because a key source was an impostor.
The Street Samaritans
By Tim Shorrock
Post-Katrina volunteer medics on bicycles sparked a new model of community health care in New Orleans.
In a Brothel Atop Street 63
By Scott Carrier
The intimate face of slavery in Cambodia—where buying and selling children is family business.
Cover illustration by Nick Dewar
Photograph of Newt Gingrich by Gary Boas/AdMedia/Newscom
