November 21, 2011

In the Magazine

Cover: Cover design by Milton Glaser Incorporated

Browse Selections From Recent Years

2013

Jun 10

Title: June 10-17, 2013
Jun 03

Title: June 3, 2013
May 27

Title: May 27, 2013
May 20

Title: May 20, 2013
May 13

Title: May 13, 2013
May 06

Title: May 6, 2013
Apr 29

Title: April 29, 2013
Apr 22

Title: April 22, 2013
Apr 15

Title: April 15, 2013
Apr 08

Title: April 8, 2013
Apr 01

Title: April 1, 2013
Mar 25

Title: March 25, 2013
Mar 11

Title: March 11-18, 2013
Mar 04

Title: March 4, 2013
Feb 25

Title: February 25, 2013
Feb 18

Title: February 18, 2013
Feb 11

Title: February 11, 2013
Feb 04

Title: February 4, 2013
Jan 28

Title: January 28, 2013
Jan 21

Title: January 21, 2013
Jan 07

Title: January 7-14, 2013

2012

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2005

2004

2003

Alexander Cockburn on the international Occupy movement, Mark Hertsgaard on a wall of trees for Africa and a poem by Evie Shockley

Letters

Our Readers

Is the Eurozone on the Brink of Collapse?

The crisis was caused by weak governance, excessive speculation and lax regulation. Austerity will only make the disease worse.

Sherle R. Schwenninger

Greece Spins Out of Control

Returning to Athens after three months away, I found the state close to dissolution and people in despair.

Maria Margaronis

Noted.

Richard Lingeman on the revival of It Can't Happen Here; Erika Eichelberger on the global fight over tar sands.

Memo to Congress: No Secret Farm Bill

Thanks to the antidemocratic "supercommittee," the legislation singularly responsible for shaping our food system is being written behind closed doors.

Mark Hertsgaard

Twice Again, the Flat Tax

Calvin Trillin

Beat the Devil

What OWS Can Learn From the Greek Protests

The movement’s urgent challenge is to meet organized repression with organized resistance.

Alexander Cockburn

Subject to Debate

Rick Perry, God and Me: When I Got the Call

God called me one night and asked me to run for president. He almost talked me into it.

Katha Pollitt

How Wall Street Occupied America

Why the rich keep getting richer and our democracy is getting poorer.

Bill Moyers

The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street

The protesters have put their faith in the last seemingly credible force in the world: each other.

Richard Kim

A Great Green Wall for Africa?

If a metaphorical wall of trees gets built as grassroots activists envision, it could help save the continent from hunger, poverty and climate change.

Mark Hertsgaard

Book

Side by Side: On Britain's School Wars

Melissa Benn attacks the deepening rift of privilege and privatization in Britain’s secondary schools.

Stefan Collini

Poem

improphised

Evie Shockley

Book

Shelf Life

Rita Dove's Penguin Anthology of 20th Century Poetry.

Jeremy Bass