Will President Obama Address Free Speech at the University That Suppressed It? Will President Obama Address Free Speech at the University That Suppressed It?
President Obama prepares to speak at UC-Irvine, where eleven student activists were suspended for interrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador.
Apr 30, 2014 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy and StudentNation
Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?
Libertarians and leftists alike predict a world of competing digital currencies.
Apr 30, 2014 / Feature / Doug Henwood
Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids? Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids?
When only US wages can support families in the Global South, parents and children divide to survive.
Apr 30, 2014 / Feature / Alissa Quart
ExxonMobil’s New Guinea Nightmare ExxonMobil’s New Guinea Nightmare
How a US government loan enabled an environmentally destructive project plagued by lethal landslide, police repression and civil unrest.
Apr 30, 2014 / Feature / Ian T. Shearn
Look Who the Folks Who Took Down ACORN Are Targeting Now Look Who the Folks Who Took Down ACORN Are Targeting Now
Right-wing operatives with links to big retailers going after worker centers like the Restaurant Opportunities Center.
A Strange Luminescence A Strange Luminescence
W.G. Sebald’s A Place in the Country.
Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich
Higher Beings Commanded Higher Beings Commanded
A quartet of shows at MoMA decoct enlightenment from the banal.
Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Learning From Mexico Learning From Mexico
Richard Rodriguez’s vision of racial mixing as New World destiny.
Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook
Survivalpop Survivalpop
The desperate situation of country’s popularity.
Apr 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Senate Plans Vote on Constitutional Amendment to Counter ‘Plutocracy’ Politics Senate Plans Vote on Constitutional Amendment to Counter ‘Plutocracy’ Politics
Congress will consider necessary response to Citizens United and McCutcheon rulings.
Apr 30, 2014 / John Nichols