July 16-23, 2012

In the Magazine

Cover: Cover illustration by Steve Brodner, design by Milton Glaser Incorporated

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Letters

On Christa Wolf, Katha Pollitt and “a stitch in nine.”

Our Readers

A Supreme Court for the 1 Percent

The Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, but in other recent decisions has also guaranteed that corporations will have even more power to shape public debate about the issue.

The Editors

On Immigration, United States 1, Arizona 0

Contrary to many claims, the Supreme Court did not uphold the “show me your papers” provision of SB-1070—the decision is a near-complete victory for immigrants’ rights.

David Cole

Noted

Andrea Jones and Max Rivlin-Nadler on the silent march against stop-and-frisk, Richard Kim on Voting Rights Watch 2012

Some Justice for Kids

Why did the Court limit its ruling to cases with mandatory sentences, instead of banning juvenile life without parole altogether?

Liliana Segura

NAFTA on Steroids

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would grant enormous new powers to corporations, is a massive assault on democracy.

Lori Wallach

Deadline Poet

Sheldon Adelson's Free Speech

Calvin Trillin

The Liberal Media

On the Other Hand...Nothing: The Trouble with Even-handedness

Eric Alterman

Mitt Romney and the New Gilded Age

Bain Capital is part of a system that enriches Wall Street while impoverishing millions.

Robert B. Reich

The Washington Post's Problem

The paper had a problem: it needed a blogger to cover conservatives. It wound up with a bigger problem.

Eric Alterman

How the US Rendered, Tortured and Discarded One Innocent Man

“Captured in Somalia in 2003, Suleiman Abdallah was one of the ‘disappeared’ prisoners of the ‘war on terror.’ When I finally found him years later, he was a broken man.”

Clara Gutteridge

Florida to Minorities: Don't Vote Here

If GOP lawmakers get their way, voting will become much more difficult in the Sunshine State.

Brentin Mock

Art

Extreme Eccentrics: Modern Art and its Collectors

When collecting works of avant-garde art, Albert Barnes and Leo and Gertrude Stein seemed even madder than its makers.

Barry Schwabsky

Book

Landlocked: On American Property

In the secret history of property law, property rests on the authority of the state.

Hendrik Hartog