Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons, 07.08.2009

Freelance editor, producer and photographer

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

Wimbledon Tennis: In Final, Roger Federer Has No Chance

Matthew DeBord, 07.05.2009

Writes on cars, car culture and sports, regular contributor to Slate

Fed is playing very, very well on the vaunted grass courts of England. Roddick doesn't have the game to break Fed's serve even once of twice. So he should push for the breakers and roll the dice.

London Diary: Gordon Brown's Obsessions, The Loyal Opposition's Cuddly Karl Rove, Bad Germs, and the Most Unusual Royal Honeymoon Ever

Arianna Huffington, 07.03.2009

I just ended three days in London that were like a cram session in British politics -- ranging from a conversation with Gordon Brown to dinner with Frances and George Osborne, the Tories' Shadow Chancellor.

UN Chief Visits Burma: A Political Gamble

Evelyn Leopold, 07.03.2009

Veteran reporter at the United Nations

With an agenda that asks the ruling military junta to open its doors to national "reconciliation", Ban Ki-moon is convinced he can persuade the country's leaders that reforms are for their own good.

Iceland Must Renegotiate

Iris Erlingsdottir, 06.29.2009

Icelandic journalist and writer

What we need now is for our government to stand up for us the way the British and Dutch governments have stood up for their citizens, and to reach an arrangement that is equitable for all.

Obama is Doing Right by the Iranian People, So Far

Shirin Sadeghi, 06.24.2009

Middle East Consultant and former Journalist for the BBC and Al Jazeera

The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Occupied Territories, which Bush et al either supported or outright committed, actually strengthened the Ahmadinejad government.

Iran and America: The Spirit of 1908

John Ghazvinian, 06.23.2009

Historian, University of Pennsylvania

Is 101 years a bit far to go back to help us understand what's happening today? Not in Iran.

If We Ask Nicely, Can We Have Our Marbles Back?

Eleni Gage, 06.23.2009

The Greeks have been tripping all over themselves trying to be uncharacteristically polite, lest anyone think them rude because the New Acropolis Museum is also a reproach to the British Museum.

With Friends Like the Brits, Who Needs Enemies?

Iris Erlingsdottir, 06.21.2009

Icelandic journalist and writer

The single event that has angered Icelanders the most since Iceland's recent financial collapse was Great Britain's decision to invoke its anti-terrorist legislation against Iceland.

In Case You Hadn't Noticed: Britain's Got Fascists

LabourList, 06.21.2009

Independent progressive blog

New York remembers what London has forgotten: that we are all immigrants, even white Britons who can trace their ancestry back to Saxon mud-hut dwellers.

A Call for Excellent Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky, 06.17.2009

Former Governor Howard Dean and Former Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, both now affiliated with the international law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, just ...

Bonfire of The Vanities: The Arrogance of British Politics

Cedric Perrier, 06.16.2009

CEO, Music Entertainment

Politicians have long been fodder for the rabble-rousing editor of any tabloid, but when exactly did we stop respecting or appreciating those we elect to represent us in the legislative process?

Universal Music Group Giving Music Away: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 16, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 06.16.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Universal Music Group is making its entire catalog available for free with subscription to the new UK Virgin Media website. While the world's bigges...

Left Out in Europe

Robert Kuttner, 06.15.2009

Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect

The European left got clobbered in the recent elections for the European parliament. The vicious cycle continues -- the left offers little to voters, and the right keeps being elected.

Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda?

Andy Worthington, 06.11.2009

Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"

The Uighurs should never have been held at all; the Pentagon was only interested in them because of the intelligence they might have provided about the activities of the Chinese government.

How Do You Deal With Burnt Toast?

Ed and Deb Shapiro, 06.11.2009

Authors:BE THE CHANGE- How Meditation Can Transform You and the World. EdandDebShapiro.com

We were just with Deb's mother, Anne Bancroft, in England. On the third day we were invited for tea at the House of Lord's (more of that below) and we...

Unexpected Opportunities in the Midst of Recession

Monica Ali, 06.10.2009

Novelist

Now is a good time to look at some illusions which have remained more deeply embedded in our work culture.

Warning: This Blog Contains Explicit Language and Lots of It

David Finkle, 06.10.2009

Writer, Drama Critic

Slides hurled images on the walls of the artist and various agreeable participants carrying on in the nude or the nearly nude, full-frontally slathering their bodies with thick, gooey substances.

Don't Diss Single Payer Health Care If You Haven't Tried It

Frances Anderton, 06.10.2009

Host of DnA: Design and Architecture

I feel pity for a person who does not know what it is like to go to a doctor and have the first question be, "what's wrong?" instead of, "who's your insurance carrier?"

The Three Ticking Time Bombs Under British Politics

Johann Hari, 06.09.2009

Columnist, London Independent

In reality, Gordon Brown has failed because of a double-whammy: he has continued with lousy and unpopular right-wing policies, and he sells them appallingly.

Bring On The BNP - Out Of The Shadows

Deborah Hobson, 06.09.2009

I know this motley crew of far right fantasists could never command support among the vast majority of right-thinking Britons.