Lakshmi Chaudhry

Lakshmi Chaudhry, a Nation contributing writer, is the author, with Robert Scheer and Christopher Scheer, of The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq, published by Akashic Books and Seven Stories Press.

Mumbai's 9/11 Meme

December 3, 2008

We have much to fear from easy evocations of 9/11, but in India, it is a call to the world to recognize their loss.
California Dreaming

February 7, 2008

The Golden State's lesson for Clinton and Obama is that they each need to craft a more daring politics of transcendence.

2007

Amnesia at the Multiplex

December 30, 2007

Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.
Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?

November 15, 2007

The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.
Latina America Lavishly Comes of Age

October 16, 2007

The quinceañera has become a rite of passage for even the poorest Latina teens, another example of our most treasured rites debased at the cash register.
The Diana/Whore Complex

August 9, 2007

The lovelorn, fragile women the media once revered have given way to skank posses of the skinny, the slutty and the overindulged.
Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic

July 26, 2007

The last book in J.K. Rowling's saga is marked by throwaway references to a post-9/11 world and derivative insights that never add up to a coherent moral vision.
What Women See When They See Hillary

June 14, 2007

Some of the same feminists who loved Hillary as First Lady are now fiercely opposing her bid for the White House.
The Supergirl Syndrome

May 1, 2007

The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl--smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all--is a model of perfection that's hard to live up to. Can't girls just be free to be?
Soft-Core Sexism

March 15, 2007

If movies reflect our shared consensus about right and wrong, Black Snake Moan speaks volumes about twenty-first-century America.
Mirror, Mirror On the Web

January 11, 2007

Web 2.0's greatest success capitalizes on our need to feel significant, admired and, above all, seen.

2006

Rage Against the MSMachine

July 14, 2006

The Yearly Kos Convention revealed a blogosphere whose media critique is hampered by its political ambitions. Why can't progressives repair the press, not dismantle it?
Bush World

June 15, 2006

In the guise of giving us what we want, media giants have created a culture defined by untrammeled greed, the worship of power and a ruthless disregard for the public good.

2004

Bush's Lies About Iraq

March 11, 2004

The Bush Administration continues to brazenly invent new rationales for its foreign policy, shamelessly twisting the facts to support its twisted agenda.

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