Fog of Intelligence: How the Most Expensive National Security Operation in the World Was ‘Caught Off Guard’ in Kunduz Fog of Intelligence: How the Most Expensive National Security Operation in the World Was ‘Caught Off Guard’ in Kunduz
Despite 17 agencies and 500,000 private contractors, the US intelligence community was oblivious to the Taliban’s advances in northern Afghanistan.
Oct 15, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics
It’s time to stop and ask where your money is going—and why.
Oct 15, 2015 / Brave New Films
High Noon Over Syria High Noon Over Syria
Are the US and Russia gearing up for another proxy war?
Oct 15, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why Is the CBO Concocting a Phony Debt Crisis? Why Is the CBO Concocting a Phony Debt Crisis?
A simple accounting trick is arming austerity hawks with a powerful, phony weapon.
Oct 15, 2015 / Ari Rabin-Havt
It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place
The American Psychological Association is marshaling research that shows alleviating poverty improves mental health.
Oct 15, 2015 / Benjamin Ryan
We Should Never Pay Down Our $17 Trillion Debt—Just Ask the IMF We Should Never Pay Down Our $17 Trillion Debt—Just Ask the IMF
Our money is better spent elsewhere, for a few simple reasons.
Oct 15, 2015 / Mike Konczal
2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film 2 Things You Won’t Learn From the New Steve Jobs Film
Apple is relentless toward its overseas labor force and remarkably innovative in its approach to tax avoidance.
Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’? How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be ‘Reasonable’?
Imaginative legal reasoning deals a real blow.
Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Freedom Caucus The Freedom Caucus
The GOP’s in disarray. The Freedom Caucus wants its say. It’s time, they think, to take a stand For principles from cuckoo land.
Oct 15, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the November 2, 2015, Issue Letters From the November 2, 2015, Issue
Judging the Court… Hitchens’s exceptionalism… Don’t burn Bernie!… Sinatra always had a cold…
Oct 15, 2015 / Our Readers and Greg Grandin