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...knows? You may even feel like growing a beard and opening a roasting plant of your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Stumptown the New Starbucks — or Better? | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...that took place last spring, when the Senate voted 90-6 to block the transfer of Guantánamo detainees to the U.S. A Graham amendment to block funding for civilian trials for 9/11 conspirators failed 55-45 last fall, but Democratic aides say an undetermined number of Democrats may have slipped since Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Lindsay Graham Broker a Deal on 9/11 Trials? | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...eschewed electoral politics to focus his formidable energies on investigating companies owned by the Russian government and its minions. And in the two years since he crashed that shareholders meeting in Surgut, he has arguably become Russia's most relevant political renegade. He is demonstrating that there may be a tool more effective than the ballot box in keeping Russia's ruling class in check: stock. (See the top underreported stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Erin Brockovich: Taking On Corporate Greed | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...firms with crucial capital and international legitimacy, but in exchange, they're forced to adhere to a modicum of transparency that is absent from Russian politics. This is where Navalny comes in. Exploiting his status as a part owner, he harasses senior management with questions about how their actions may be affecting the bottom line. "All you need is one share to get into the room with these guys," Navalny says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Erin Brockovich: Taking On Corporate Greed | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...company in which Navalny has stock, says the lawyer's focus is a logical avenue of dissent for politically minded young people who are unable to crack into Russia's rigidly controlled political landscape. "His generation of opposition politicians has been denied a career in politics," he says. "They may have to wait 20 years. So he has taken what looks like a smart, reasonable path." (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Erin Brockovich: Taking On Corporate Greed | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

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