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...plus songs copyrighted in Spain, told TIME that the Sandinista Front that had inspired his music 30 years ago no longer exists. "There aren't even any ashes left of that political organization, which has sent all of its values to the garbage dump of history," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaraguans Fight Over Who Owns a Powerful Hat | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

Even farther north, within sight of the Tucson suburbs, Dart took us to a wash where walkers dump their incriminating desert gear at the end of their crossing. Thousands of cheap backpacks littered the ground, as did countless soiled sweatshirts, water and whiskey bottles, toothbrushes and socks. Gesturing toward the city, Dart said, "Guide groups are buying $250,000 houses up there just to use as layups for these walkers. People who make their living at this are going to find a way through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Wall of America | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...technical level, sight meets sound. WALL?E's animation, especially in scenes on Earth, has a photorealistic quality; it looks like a gorgeously arid, live-action waste dump. The appointments of the Axiom, exterior and interior, are as finely detailed as those in any Star Wars or Alien film. Even if the exploits of WALL?E and EVE don't take and break your heart, you'll be impressed by the graphic design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL-E: Pixar's Biggest Gamble | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...extreme cases, though, urging change isn't enough to satisfy the fund's ethical guidelines. Since 2002, Norway's Ministry of Finance has stepped in and asked the fund to dump 27 holdings in which it had invested a total of over $2 billion. The vast majority got the boot for their role in producing weapons that the fund views as particularly inhumane; in 2005, for instance, it sold off stakes in Britain's BAE and Boeing for their part in the manufacture of nuclear weapons. The remaining firms put the fund at risk of contributing to serious breaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caring Capitalists | 6/11/2008 | See Source »

...lunchtime in Vitas, the sprawling slum built on the City of Manila's garbage dump. Flies swarm as Bing, a 34-year-old mother of five, prepares a meal of salted rice for her children. While she feeds them, her husband sifts through the mounds of grease-stained cardboard boxes, plastic bags, and broken glass that crowd their home. He'll sell his rotten harvest for about $3.50. For their family of seven, that?s 50 cents per person, per day. The arithmetic is simple, Bing says. "With every child I have, there is less rice each. I can?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines' Birth Control Battle | 6/6/2008 | See Source »

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