Upton Sinclair

Mothers and Soldiers: Healing the Bonds Destroyed by War

Christian Avard | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books


Christian Avard

Susan Galleymore is the author of Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War & Terror. She made international headlines as she traveled to Iraq to visit her son stationed in the Sunni Triangle.

Eating Animals: Jonathan Safran Foer's New Book Asks Why Don't We Eat Pets?

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books


Rabbi David Wolpe

Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is a triple marvel: the research is serious and far reaching, the writing clear, clever, accessible and in a few instances graphically ingenious, and the cause is genuinely important.

When 'Mad Men' Types -- and Hollywood-- First Played a Key Role in Politics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.

The Law of Unintended Consequences

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Philip Lee Miller

The president is spending too much political capital on this one issue, health care. It forces the issue. Either a landmark generational bill is passed or failure lurks.

From Fast Food Nation to Pro Food Ventures

Rob Smart | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Rob Smart

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

Change the World? Give a Kid a Book

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living


Kenneth C. Davis

She was the town's meter maid -- a plus-sized meter maid, and not "the most comely of maidens." One day after choir, she handed me a book, saying simply: "I think you will like this."

Food, Inc.'s Robert Kenner Discusses What Gives Him Goosebumps, and What Gives Him Hope

Louise McCready | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green


Louise McCready

Robert Kenner gives us a twenty-first century Upton-Sinclair-look at the industrial food system in his latest film, Food, Inc., and not since The Jungle has the food in the U.S. seemed so unsafe.

Think This Year's Campaign Is Dirty? Check Out 1934 -- and the Birth of Modern Politics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.31.2009 | Media


Greg Mitchell

Like Obama, Upton Sinclair led a "change" campaign with masses of new or re-energized voters, he was pictured as mysterious interloper, and he was labeled a "Socialist." Though that was mostly true in his case.