14 Years After ‘Liberation,’ Afghan Women Are Suffering More Than Ever 14 Years After ‘Liberation,’ Afghan Women Are Suffering More Than Ever
A look at Afghanistan “after” the American war.
Nov 5, 2015 / Ann Jones
Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Give Seniors an Emergency Boost Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Give Seniors an Emergency Boost
A new bill would end taxpayer subsidies for CEO retirement plans and give the money to seniors.
Nov 5, 2015 / George Zornick
Letters From the November 23/30 Issue Letters From the November 23/30 Issue
Bombs without borders… burying inequality… objectively unreasonable… a real bad apple… et tu, MSNBC?…
Nov 5, 2015 / Our Readers
The GOP Has a Much Bigger Problem Than the Debates The GOP Has a Much Bigger Problem Than the Debates
It's not just the leading candidates who are extremists.
Nov 5, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Rubio Cuts Down His Mentor Rubio Cuts Down His Mentor
If Jeb had just remembered Shakespeare’s play, He would have had the insight that it took To notice long before the last debate That Marco had “a lean and hungry look.”…
Nov 5, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Feminism Needs More Thinkers Who Aren’t Right 100 Percent of the Time Feminism Needs More Thinkers Who Aren’t Right 100 Percent of the Time
Feminists like Germaine Greer should be valued for what they get right, rather than banned for what they get wrong.
Nov 5, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
This Time in Nevada, Hillary’s All In This Time in Nevada, Hillary’s All In
In 2008, Clinton took the state and its powerful unions for granted. She’s not making that mistake again.
Nov 5, 2015 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism
What if you were so troubled by suffering and inequality that you changed your life entirely?
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Not the Word, but the Thing Itself Not the Word, but the Thing Itself
With each successive work, Clarice Lispector polished her prose until it shimmered with a taut irregularity.
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman
She’s Leaving Home She’s Leaving Home
In Crimson Peak and Brooklyn, women have to find the world in order to find their place in it.
Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans